RAGE

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  1. domino69
    Oct 5, 2011
    9
    in no way this is a 3.1
    22gb? so? people playing it on stone age pcs?
    if you payed a hundred bucks for the 22 gb ok but you didnt - so dont complain! the rating, im sure, is that low because there are issues with the releae version(which i dont have- cause i fixed them) i bet most people who rated it that bad just were to stupid to fix it for themselves they should just wait for a    in no way this is a 3.1
    22gb? so? people playing it on stone age pcs?
    if you payed a hundred bucks for the 22 gb ok but you didnt - so dont complain!
    the rating, im sure, is that low because there are issues with the releae version(which i dont have- cause i fixed them) i bet most people who rated it that bad just were to stupid to fix it for themselves
    they should just wait for a patch and then review it
    its a great shooter, it runs like a charm for me and hell it's fun
    and it dont feel like a console port (like dead space 2 or others with those terrible controls full of input lag and mouse movement restrictions)
    good game
    most reviews here just show how clueless many people are    … Expand
  2. fusedx
    Oct 4, 2011
    7
    I'm only giving the game a 1 because at least I did enjoy the opening cinematic. Outside of that - the game throws you into it without any sort of understanding as to why you are doing the things you are doing. Gameplay = boring, story = wtf? Have they not been paying attention to other great games of late? I would have possibly given the game a 4 or 5, but it's hard to do that when YOUI'm only giving the game a 1 because at least I did enjoy the opening cinematic. Outside of that - the game throws you into it without any sort of understanding as to why you are doing the things you are doing. Gameplay = boring, story = wtf? Have they not been paying attention to other great games of late? I would have possibly given the game a 4 or 5, but it's hard to do that when YOU CANT EVEN PLAY THE GAME WITHOUT GRAPHICS GLITCHING LEFT AND RIGHT. This is not a beta. This is gold. Production. The $60 released to market supposedly completed game. id will not be getting my money again any time soon.… Expand
  3. Koo
    Oct 5, 2011
    10
    I love this game. It's easy enough to enjoy yet challenging enough to make you want to keep playing. I haven't had any of the graphics problems described by others, and it looks fantastic on my dual GTX-460 video cards (NVidia, not ATI/AMD). I hadn't heard of this game beyond a recommendation from one of my friends and I went in to it without expectations (beyond the screenshots, whichI love this game. It's easy enough to enjoy yet challenging enough to make you want to keep playing. I haven't had any of the graphics problems described by others, and it looks fantastic on my dual GTX-460 video cards (NVidia, not ATI/AMD). I hadn't heard of this game beyond a recommendation from one of my friends and I went in to it without expectations (beyond the screenshots, which didn't impress me). I say, let the hater's rage on Rage all they want; I love this game!… Expand
  4. mystere3
    Oct 4, 2011
    9
    come on guys, this is getting ridiculous. I would LOVE to be able to look to PC gamer reviews for some reasonable information. I'm as frustrated as the next guy that we're not getting the PC love that I would like to see, but this is the market as it is. The numbers just arent there, especially since half of the ppl dropping a zero here probably pirated the damn game anyway. Why shouldcome on guys, this is getting ridiculous. I would LOVE to be able to look to PC gamer reviews for some reasonable information. I'm as frustrated as the next guy that we're not getting the PC love that I would like to see, but this is the market as it is. The numbers just arent there, especially since half of the ppl dropping a zero here probably pirated the damn game anyway. Why should they give us love, as a community we give them **** scores no matter what they do, and probably 75% of us steal there damn games.
    There is no way this game can reasonably get a zero. Visceral combat. Only buggy issue i had was some screen tearing that required a force verticle sync in my nvidia control panel. not loving the texture pop in thing, and the textures arent exactly hi-res anyway. Driving is fun. Upgrading the car, and character and making stuff is fun.
    Is it as great as I had hoped over the past 4 years? maybe not. Is it fun and enjoyable? absolutely. I'd like to give the game a 7.9 or something but I'm attempting to stem the flow of unfair reviewers a little. But i refuse to throw out a 10.    … Expand
  5. guti
    Oct 5, 2011
    10
    Rage looks wonderfull with its graphics and its fluidity.
    Even if the plot of the game is far to be a deep plot, the design and the overall style is one of the most fascinating ever seen.
    But the most important thing about this game is that it is pure fun to the nth degree... this is THE real FPS.
    Thanks ID for this new piece of gold!
  6. Reaper88
    Oct 5, 2011
    9
    Gameplay:
    - For me its very much fun, nothing to complain against.
    Graphics: - They look awesome, after a Driver-Update, before it was a mess, but hey, they simply "forced" this opengl-support (which was always a mess in ati drivers, people knowing "fglrx" will know), instead of listening to ati which tells "why should we fix this, when everyone is using the old tech?" Sound: - Making a    Gameplay:
    - For me its very much fun, nothing to complain against.

    Graphics:
    - They look awesome, after a Driver-Update, before it was a mess, but hey, they simply "forced" this opengl-support (which was always a mess in ati drivers, people knowing "fglrx" will know), instead of listening to ati which tells "why should we fix this, when everyone is using the old tech?"

    Sound:
    - Making a realy nice atmosphere

    Multiplayer:
    - Didnt check this yet

    All in all:
    - A little delay after release, however not that much that i would call it a fail. After reading through this new tech, it woul dbe amazing seeing future games using this, when it the opengl-implementation in drivers is finaly as solid as directX. Furthermore: a linux-client (which would be possible cause of the opengl), a SDK, a 64bit executable, and the original 150GB texture-pack (maybe shippable on blu-rays, or large download), would be awesome and giving this the glance it needs.
    So, when looking at the Addition: Yeah, i was in rage about rage (funny :D) at first... But: im writing a review for this game, not for the driver-problems in the first 24-hours after release. So i CAN understand people who are very upset, but imagine they got it working 100% for everyone in the next 2 days, i bet people dont realy give this product the chance then, and maybe edit the absolutely stupid reviews here, which are simply based on their emotions, and do not realy reflect the game itself.    … Expand
  7. Bulzib
    Oct 5, 2011
    10
    I play RAGE and it's a really good FPS, monster are really dynamic ( if you have a any good nVidia graphic card the game quality will be just awesome ). The race mode is great and offer lots of play time. The open wasteland let the adventurer explore lots of place with monster and treasure. Maybe people expect too much from this game. In overall, it's a great FPS and a good racer with aI play RAGE and it's a really good FPS, monster are really dynamic ( if you have a any good nVidia graphic card the game quality will be just awesome ). The race mode is great and offer lots of play time. The open wasteland let the adventurer explore lots of place with monster and treasure. Maybe people expect too much from this game. In overall, it's a great FPS and a good racer with a bit of self-willing from the player to explore the game. The graphic quality is epic and run smoothly on my PC.… Expand
  8. Melestav42
    Oct 4, 2011
    9
    Rage is an excellent fps. Especially if you're looking for a non-cover based, non-call of duty type game. What surprised me was how intense the firefights can get even with the lack of a cover system. The ai is pretty neat, very reactive. Even the multiplayer is fairly enjoyable, which is more than what I thought it would be initially. People looking for a good old school type fpsRage is an excellent fps. Especially if you're looking for a non-cover based, non-call of duty type game. What surprised me was how intense the firefights can get even with the lack of a cover system. The ai is pretty neat, very reactive. Even the multiplayer is fairly enjoyable, which is more than what I thought it would be initially. People looking for a good old school type fps that isn't centered around firing an m16 at questionably dressed army type guys might be served by checking into this.… Expand
  9. a1ta1r
    Oct 5, 2011
    10
    One of the best games this year.High quality fallout-like gameplay.Graphics are beautiful,gameplay is addicting.There are many things to do.Shooting mechanics are awesome.
  10. dheerubhai
    Oct 4, 2011
    9
    The game is playing smoothly on my system. The graphics are really good. The wasteland experience is very immersible and the game quite enjoyable. The game has all the elements that will keep you hooked to it.
  11. Gill_Ludhiana
    Oct 4, 2011
    10
    A thoroughly enjoyable game. It has all the plus points - good gameplay, impressive graphics, great music. I cannot wait to complete the game with all the possible side quests. John Carmack has given one more winner.
  12. mhdsummers
    Oct 4, 2011
    7
    Fail. Period. I want a refund. The game doesn't even look that good even without all the graphical problems. Why would they let this game be release and take peoples money when they knew it was not ready? Irresponsible. I have lost respect for ID, Bethesda, and Steam. In that order. Someone, somewhere should have put their foot down and not allowed this game to be release likeFail. Period. I want a refund. The game doesn't even look that good even without all the graphical problems. Why would they let this game be release and take peoples money when they knew it was not ready? Irresponsible. I have lost respect for ID, Bethesda, and Steam. In that order. Someone, somewhere should have put their foot down and not allowed this game to be release like this. I don't think I will ever pre-order a game from Steam again.… Expand
  13. GottFaust
    Oct 4, 2011
    9
    The story is a bit generic but the graphics, gameplay, soundscape, and voice acting are superb. The game is simply and extremely enjoyable experience. Oh, and to all the people complaining about graphics customization and control: you have a "~" key for a reason.
  14. Parrk
    Oct 4, 2011
    8
    I really do not understand the anger with this game, but I won't try to discount it. I played about 2 hours last night before bed and I am quite pleased with it thus far. To give a bit of background, I play on a laptop with a mid-level graphics card. I can run most games on med-high, but can't get much above 20 fps on witcher 2. I was quite impressed with the visual quality I as theI really do not understand the anger with this game, but I won't try to discount it. I played about 2 hours last night before bed and I am quite pleased with it thus far. To give a bit of background, I play on a laptop with a mid-level graphics card. I can run most games on med-high, but can't get much above 20 fps on witcher 2. I was quite impressed with the visual quality I as the game auto-configured it. I can certainly understand how those with monster rigs (who derive a great deal of enjoyment from micro-managing display settings) might be put off by the idea, but it is working well for me. There is some minor "tearing" (I think it's called), but I am getting higher visual quality then I ever would have expected otherwise. I also like the resilience of mobs in the game. Rarely these days do we find games where mobs can take 8 shots (if you aim center mass) before going down. I will edit this should my opinion change. What I've seen though, I like.… Expand
  15. mcketten
    Oct 4, 2011
    9
    Pleasantly surprised. I was expecting a game that was your typical run-n-gun shooter. It plays as something of a cross between Doom and Fallout. Fun and engaging with great mood and ambiance. Fortunately for me I was also not plagued by the graphics bugs - the game is GORGEOUS. I am hoping that iD releases a patch quickly to fix the HQ texture load issue for everyone else. The reasonPleasantly surprised. I was expecting a game that was your typical run-n-gun shooter. It plays as something of a cross between Doom and Fallout. Fun and engaging with great mood and ambiance. Fortunately for me I was also not plagued by the graphics bugs - the game is GORGEOUS. I am hoping that iD releases a patch quickly to fix the HQ texture load issue for everyone else. The reason it does not get a 10 is because of the lack of manual control over the graphics settings - what was iD thinking?!? Overall: if you can wait for the patches before buying, do so. If not the only way I can you being disappointed is if you were hoping for a sandbox shooter.… Expand
  16. evilmrfrank
    Oct 4, 2011
    10
    Super fun and super awesome. Definitely the best level design I've EVER seen in a game... Definitely sets the standards for the industry higher. It's nice to have a new target of quality to shoot for as a developer as well :)
  17. YuRown92
    Oct 4, 2011
    10
    Rage is a very important game in this year. It is big game. Rage has nice world, interesting story, ideal game design, good music and many many others things. I don't understand their people, who make a bad mark to this videogame. I playing Rage with pleasure.
  18. ramanvirk
    Oct 4, 2011
    10
    A superb game. The graphics are very good. Though the storyline is little predictable, the game manages to invoke interest. There is a good mix of weapons. The First person shooting and Third Person racing combo is another plus point. The game has expansive widescreen terrains.
  19. The-Crow
    Oct 3, 2012
    6
    RAGE has been out a while now but I only just got to this review in part because I only just dragged myself through it.

    Graphics: ID Software are known for their graphics engines, first it was Wolf 3D Engine which Lead to Doom Engine which was recycled into Rise of the Triad, Blake Stone and eventually even Duke Nukem and the unforgetable Shadow Warrior. Then came Quake the engine of    RAGE has been out a while now but I only just got to this review in part because I only just dragged myself through it.

    Graphics:
    ID Software are known for their graphics engines, first it was Wolf 3D Engine which Lead to Doom Engine which was recycled into Rise of the Triad, Blake Stone and eventually even Duke Nukem and the unforgetable Shadow Warrior. Then came Quake the engine of which was enhanced and used in the sequel and also famously used in Halflife. From there Various Engines came along in the ID tech family leading us to The Engine Rage is designed to show of Known as ID Tech 5 which is quite nice and know available for all Bethesda partners to use but only them. Where the graphics suffer is in that they are designed for Console, interestingly items often look nicer from a distance than up close, good from far but far from good. Up close textures take on a truly grainy horrible appearance which it seems no amount of hours of config tweaking will ever be able to fix. Probably the most Heinous sign of consolification is that within a few seconds of killing a non lootable enemy they magically disappear, giving you little opportunity to take a look at the enemies you face which from the various screenshots around the internet are interesting and very detailed. So I give 8 because of the grainy up close textures and the idiotic decision to remove all bodies.

    Sound:
    This is where the game truly does Shine, I found the sounds, ambient effects & music to be excellent and the games use of surround sound is some of the best I have encountered.

    Game Play:
    While the graphics have come along way from the days of Doom, Sadly the game play has not. In a nutshell this game plays like Doom in a modern engine with slightly upgraded AI (and I do mean slightly) some scripted attack sequences and slightly less flat levels than Doom. Does anyone remember the original team fortress ? It was the first FPS to include head shots, following that was Golden Eye on N64 and for most PC gamers probably their fondest head shot memories came from a little game called SiN ? (or if your younger maybe you discovered the joys of head shots & dismemberment with Soldier of Fortune). In Any case RAGE does not have head shots..... well it does they just don't really do anything. In Rage you you get a head shot and maybe a piece of armor or a hat flies off and an enemy gets stunned a moment then keeps shooting at you having taken no extra damage for the headshot, hello pre-1996 game mechanics... it is not really acceptable IMHO 15 years after head shots became the norm to exclude them from your game. If you don't want them to influence game play heavily then design around it (give enemies head armor to blow off like in Bet on Soldier or something.
    In Short there are no head shots and to top this off enemies are simply bullet sponges. The craptastic AI usually marches them straight at you (I played through on Normal difficulty) and the fast enemies who are weaker and like to melee and use heavily scripted climbing & swinging attacks are easily dealt with. In fact once you have the shotgun you can safely complete 98% of the game with just that and buckshot shells, a fact which is very telling. Beyond beating down bullet sponges with Adamantium heads the game usually has you doing mundane things like go through a level, hit a switch to move to next part, pick up a mission item etc. It even does the cheap "close a locked gate behind you and don't open the gate again until you kill all enemies who rush you" mechanic which was also popular in the 90's. The game makes you often backtrack through the same level and sometimes even sends you back to the same level to do something else more mundane than your last visit. There is a crafting component but you wont use it unless you are forced to IE: building certain items to reach gear stashes, building items such as remote control bomb cars to complete objectives only they can reach. There is driving, its nothing to write home about and is more like a mini game than anything.

    Story:
    I found the Story underwhelming, there wasn't much to make me care about anything going on in the world beyond my own survival and you go from average Joe to "The Messiah" in the Blink of an eye. Speaking of Blinking, just when you think the story is getting a tad interesting you blink & the game credits are rolling past & its all over..... The Setting (quite possibly owing partly to the art style) also felt a lot like Borderlands, only borderlands pokes fun at its own attempts at story and concentrated on fun game play instead.

    If its a toss up between RAGE and Borderlands (Since they seem so similar) I would go with borderlands over RAGE every time.    … Expand
  20. Swirler
    Dec 22, 2012
    7
    Kind of shocked to see the amount of negative reviews this game has gotten. (Altho many 2011 reviews comment on bugs and crashes. I cant comment on the state of the game at launch but I can tell you that as of writing this review I played thru the game from start to finish at max settings @1600p and it played smooth without a single hitch on a high end rig). This is a decent FPS, its notKind of shocked to see the amount of negative reviews this game has gotten. (Altho many 2011 reviews comment on bugs and crashes. I cant comment on the state of the game at launch but I can tell you that as of writing this review I played thru the game from start to finish at max settings @1600p and it played smooth without a single hitch on a high end rig). This is a decent FPS, its not ground breaking and given the pedigree of the team involved you may have understandably some high expectations. But while there are better FPS shooters out there, this (particularly at the cheap price it is these days) is still worth a go. Its actually a mixture of Motor Storm (a racing game if you didnt know) and a little Borderlandsish (enemies)! Its maps are especially large, which impressed me considering some of the beautiful detail. The AI isnt too bright, thankfully they are agile and have some randomness about them, but dont expect much trouble taking them down. The weapons are a bit of a let down, nothing feeling as good as it should - your melee attack is a force to be reckoned with, but a steel-tipped arrow directly hitting a naked head - apparently not that devastating :s I can see why some may have felt disappointed with this, especially if you bought it early and had the hype building. But as a game that can be found for under a fiver, its worth the money.… Expand
  21. Rockoman100
    Nov 22, 2013
    10
    So it's Borderlands with less colors and more horror. I swear each mutant that attacks is an individual mini-jump scare. Really pretty exciting actually. There's also a ton of side-stuff to do if you're bored. There's racing and even a collectible-card metagame. Not to mention side-quests to keep you busy if you're bored. The story isn't anything special but it has a solid premise to keepSo it's Borderlands with less colors and more horror. I swear each mutant that attacks is an individual mini-jump scare. Really pretty exciting actually. There's also a ton of side-stuff to do if you're bored. There's racing and even a collectible-card metagame. Not to mention side-quests to keep you busy if you're bored. The story isn't anything special but it has a solid premise to keep the game rolling. Characters are pretty damn good, well acted, well designed, and well developed. Shooting is solid, looting is satisfying. There are some problems with texture pop-in due to the megatexture thing. Best version is on PC, the console versions are buggy as hell. PC version is still a little buggy but a lot better. Doesn't deserve a 10/10 but I wanted to counter the awful score users are giving it. It's much better than a 4.9/10, you guys are ridiculous. Solid 8/10, if not more.… Expand
  22. medical_dom
    Jul 29, 2012
    5
    Initially this game when it came out was too buggy to play, after 6 months I returned to play after the patches had been released. Game is boring with uninteresting story. On rails shooter with a bit of driving.
  23. goodstuff
    May 5, 2013
    10
    Great game. Absolutely stunning. I cant believe I wasted so long to get it, because of all the negative reviews here. The graphics are truly amazing and the game play is quite original. Well worth 20 bucks if you ask me. I have had no problem with the game whatsoever. A must have for any fps fan.
  24. Fixxed
    Sep 25, 2013
    10
    First of all, i dont wana teach people how to write reviews or match rating with the written review.. but i must say that imo 2 points out of 10 are a question of personal taste. Not only that, but i must also say that you can review black without knowing white, same goes for saying x is great is y doesnt exist... this means that rating is possible and legit when you compare to other gamesFirst of all, i dont wana teach people how to write reviews or match rating with the written review.. but i must say that imo 2 points out of 10 are a question of personal taste. Not only that, but i must also say that you can review black without knowing white, same goes for saying x is great is y doesnt exist... this means that rating is possible and legit when you compare to other games in its category or atleast with similarities... With this said... i give this game a 10 and i am surprised with the low rating and reviews...

    Where can i start? well with the fact that, this is a bethesda game... so to those complaining about graphics.. they are perfect to me.. if you want a game to escape your CoD or Battlefield addiction dont low rate a good quality game just because graphics arent similar... On the same road, i must say that i am surprised that this marvelous fps game is from bethesda, since they are renowned for their rpgs. So it was indeed a great positive surprise for me...

    The shooting is great, the combat smooth, the whole idea of wasteland violence and surprise attacks is just... 10... right of the bat i got spooked out with a bandint jumping on me. The fact that ammo keeps running low is also good imo, since it adds to the difficulty (which may i say, scales awesomely well... hard to see a fps with such a great difficulty scaling(usually its either dumb dummies or headshot bots))
    The vehicle combat is really fun and interesting. Side quests (even though it is not an rpg) exist and are great.helpful and fun...

    Now... to all negative reviews.. i just gota say that, ofcourse you cant compare this game to cod or battlefield.. this game has a great story, and alot more than mere shooting, its bethesda... Comparing it to fallout is also silly, even though both are bethesda and involves wastelands, 1 is a rpg and the other fps with little rpg elements. I must say that this is also a great point for this game, the rpg elements are genious... they are just enough to maintain fps status but still give some extra stuff to do and work on.

    This game cannot be compared to Stalker also... Stalker is also fps true, but has way more elements of rpg.. Its a great game also, BUT simply cannot be compared to RAGE. Whole different ideas, 1 has intense combat which is cohesive to the fact that you are being hunted down, the other is honest and loyal to the idea that you are a stalker... and therefore is just existing like other stalkers (scavenging)

    Compare this game to metro last light... which as i reviewed... is really really unfinished. Compare both games... both fps, both of them are post apocalyptical games and both pursue the idea of intense combat. However... metro has no side quests, no minimum rpg elements... many strings that you pull only to realise there is nothing on the other end...

    Rage does have a story and its pretty linear... you cant simply cant get lost... if you get lost playing rage.. you should stick to basic left to right games.. STILL it manages to give you room to work on smaller stuff.. Yes the story aint deep... but tell me 5 fps games that get you immersed in its story....

    I sincerly find it pretty sad, to see critics unable to match their writing to their number rating. Even more to see players and pro critics alike comparing this game to cod when it comes to shooting and graphics and story to other bethesda rpg games... seriously... giving metro last joke a 8 and this game a 4.8 user rating is just ridiculous.... If you played stalker or metro the joke and like post apocalyptical fps games... Rage is an awesome surprise... dont trust ratings from people who compare it wrongly... just give it a chance... its bethesda ffs.... ID made great game aswell... why on earth wouldnt you try it?

    Oh and to all bug this.. crash that... graphic that" seriously... people dont downvote jokes like darksouls for its pathetic unplayable pc version but will downvote this because it has better graphics on console?!? ilogical imo... The game runs fine... if by any chance you think its lagish due to low fps, press esc, go to options and there you shall find video options that you can change... judging by what i see on many reviews, this is apparently really hard to do...    … Expand
  25. slipperygun
    Apr 8, 2013
    9
    Gunplay is fast and fluid, enemies have good AI and the arsenal is fun to shoot. Just a real joy as a shooter, it feels true to id's legacy. Similar setting as Fallout, but it's more linear, more about the action, with a fresh visual design. Character animations are great. Lite rpg and racing elements work well but are simple so as to emphasize shooting.
    Performance issues killed the    Gunplay is fast and fluid, enemies have good AI and the arsenal is fun to shoot. Just a real joy as a shooter, it feels true to id's legacy. Similar setting as Fallout, but it's more linear, more about the action, with a fresh visual design. Character animations are great. Lite rpg and racing elements work well but are simple so as to emphasize shooting.
    Performance issues killed the general reception of this game. Make sure you update your graphics drivers and patch the game. There's plenty of advice online on solving these issues.    … Expand
  26. Vayra
    Jul 18, 2013
    3
    Rage tries really hard to trick us into believing we are playing an open-world, sandbox-ish Borderlands clone. Unfortunately, none of the elements of this game are worked out well;

    - The open world consists of nothing more than a series of three 'areas', which in themselves offer nothing more than the ability to drive by the 'levels' and enter them straight from this 'open world'. The    Rage tries really hard to trick us into believing we are playing an open-world, sandbox-ish Borderlands clone. Unfortunately, none of the elements of this game are worked out well;

    - The open world consists of nothing more than a series of three 'areas', which in themselves offer nothing more than the ability to drive by the 'levels' and enter them straight from this 'open world'. The actual missions are separated from this world by a loading screen and extremely obvious entrance points. In fact, the only freedom RAGE offers is being able to select one of three available missions and the order in which you do them.

    - Enemy AI does nothing to entertain you, is blatantly stupid and adds nothing to the game.

    - Graphics look nice but nothing we haven't seen before. There is a lot of talk about great textures, yes environment looks OK, but is nowhere near worth buying the game for; especially since all the other elements are done so badly.

    - Weaponry feels like we've been there before. Bioshock comes to mind in terms of gunplay mechanics. Don't expect any original weapons and certainly don't expect them to give you a satisfying grin shooting with them. The special items such as the Wingstick are actually the very things that add some level of joy (you can also make RC Bomb cars...) but they horribly destroy the game's difficulty.

    Overall, RAGE feels like a showcase for the great megatexture technique from ID, but offers little to nothing for any player who has already played good old DOOM, and falls horribly short of the kind of game it wants to be. Having played the whole storyline, I am still left wondering what the actual point was.    … Expand
  27. Whifflebat
    Dec 8, 2013
    10
    Don't listen to all the nay-sayers. Rage is a blast, and deserves at least a play through! Game honestly deserves an 8, but someone has to offset all the people griping about the ATI issue. The combat in Rage is top notch. Interactive enemies, grenades that function correctly, and an overall impressive atmosphere. For me, the only point where the game looses out is on a weak story line. OhDon't listen to all the nay-sayers. Rage is a blast, and deserves at least a play through! Game honestly deserves an 8, but someone has to offset all the people griping about the ATI issue. The combat in Rage is top notch. Interactive enemies, grenades that function correctly, and an overall impressive atmosphere. For me, the only point where the game looses out is on a weak story line. Oh well its a fun shooter with great combat.… Expand
  28. goettel
    Jun 11, 2013
    10
    What with the ridiculous number of 0's and 1's here, I'd felt obliged to balance it out with a 10. Rage is initially stunning to look at, but it's easy to get used to the graphical splendor. Whoever claims this game doesn't look great needs to a) upgrade their PC and/or b) have their eyes checked. Gameplay is solid, with good enemy AI, nice guns and handling of them and an overal greatWhat with the ridiculous number of 0's and 1's here, I'd felt obliged to balance it out with a 10. Rage is initially stunning to look at, but it's easy to get used to the graphical splendor. Whoever claims this game doesn't look great needs to a) upgrade their PC and/or b) have their eyes checked. Gameplay is solid, with good enemy AI, nice guns and handling of them and an overal great level of polish. Even the voice acting is pretty solid. It might be that many of the negative reviews are simple due to unrealistic expectations ("it's ID, so it HAS to be some next level and/or the early bugs (I experienced none so far). In 2013, in a sale, Rage is a great shooter with some small but nice RPG overtones. I enjoyed it more than Borderlands 2, so far, if that's any help. On the negative side: it's a bit repetitive (like most if not all shooters), it's more lineair than it likes to pretend. A great buy at a tenner or two … Expand
  29. ThE_MarD
    Oct 19, 2013
    10
    Heyyo, I'm rating this 10/10 purely becuase people gave it terrible reviews due to release bugs. Now that the game's fixed up? It's plenty fun. Screw them kids who went "RELEASE GAEMS MEOW!" and then went "WAHH GAEM'S BUGGY 1/10" :P
  30. WookieLove
    Oct 13, 2013
    3
    I hate to write a review for a game that I haven't finished, or at least logged serious time with. I especially hate to do so if I'm going to be writing a negative review I think a piece of media at least deserves to have been thoroughly scrutinized before unfavorable judgement is passed, but damn. Just damn, man. I am honestly not the type of gamer who stops playing a game andI hate to write a review for a game that I haven't finished, or at least logged serious time with. I especially hate to do so if I'm going to be writing a negative review I think a piece of media at least deserves to have been thoroughly scrutinized before unfavorable judgement is passed, but damn. Just damn, man. I am honestly not the type of gamer who stops playing a game and uninstalls it in dissatisfaction. I read lots of reviews on here that say "uninstalled it in x minutes" or whatever, and I normally discount those because I don't feel they gave the game a fair chance or are exaggerating from an emotional place rather than an analytical one for critical effect, but that's what happened here.

    Rage felt extremely out of date. Oh sure, the graphics were all right, and I don't require any real per-requisites from more "modern" games. I don't need a cover system or perks or a level system grafted onto my shooters. I don't need a huge Half-Life story or an amazing new gameplay concept. I just need a game that's entertaining on some level, that has some flow, that grabs me in some way. Rage just did not do that, and I have a feeling that if it had come out alongside Doom 20 years ago, I would have felt the same way. I can't think of anything about the game that's compelling. I wish I could elaborate more on that, but I'm not sure how to explain it.

    Everything this game does, some other game that's out or has been out for quite some time does much, much better. Some of those games are some of ID's own. Everything from the environments, to the enemies, to the gunplay, to the racing, to the story, to the exploration, is done better in almost any other FPS I've played.

    If I tried to recommend this game to anyone, despite the fact that it didn't grab me or fit my personal preferences, I don't know who I would recommend it to. Someone who's never played an FPS before, I guess? Even then I'd want their first experience to at least be a bit more endearing, but I guess they'd at least play it for more than hour or two.

    Sorry Rage, really wanted to like ya. I paid money for you, after all.    … Expand
  31. MalcomGTX
    Nov 14, 2012
    5
    I played it on STEAM just a bit ago, it took me 19 hours trying to get everything and find everything and I am utterly dissapointed, The ending just, ends. No explanation, no boss battle, no closure. I was enjoying the game 'ok' but kept feeling like something was going to happen. I kinda felt like the 'bad' guys had no reason to be labeled 'bad'. I never actually saw them do anythingI played it on STEAM just a bit ago, it took me 19 hours trying to get everything and find everything and I am utterly dissapointed, The ending just, ends. No explanation, no boss battle, no closure. I was enjoying the game 'ok' but kept feeling like something was going to happen. I kinda felt like the 'bad' guys had no reason to be labeled 'bad'. I never actually saw them do anything wrong. I thought there would be some kind of 'surprise! they aren't bad!' ending, but no.. bland and derpy. The character animations and textures are great and I didn't encounter any bugs aside from intentionally glitching out of the level once. I really wanted to know more about the people but each one only has maybe 5 lines of dialogue. The game is gorgeous as long as you stand still as if looking at a painting; quick movements cause texture pop-'up' not really pop-in, but sort of uprezzing on the fly. Even with a modern AMD 7850 and Intel 3570. In short, a huge let down, could have been so much more and leaves me with a dead feeling. Not recommended even at bargain prices since the ending is such a letdown. The DLC is absolutely worthless.… Expand
  32. sherbz
    Dec 6, 2016
    6
    Hmmmm! Not overly keen on this title. So lets call out the Elephant in the room - the glitches! Not cool!

    Anyway, on to the game. Its okaaaaay. Better than average. Managed to hold my attention for the duration, with some appreciably entertaining parts to it. Some daft AI, some very linear levels, and by the end I found it a bit of a chore. Its a bit like a well done version of    Hmmmm! Not overly keen on this title. So lets call out the Elephant in the room - the glitches! Not cool!

    Anyway, on to the game. Its okaaaaay. Better than average. Managed to hold my attention for the duration, with some appreciably entertaining parts to it. Some daft AI, some very linear levels, and by the end I found it a bit of a chore. Its a bit like a well done version of those corridor shooters we all USED to know and love. I'm not saying go totally the other way (like Far Cry), but this format just seems a bit tired.    … Expand
  33. suneater
    Dec 13, 2012
    5
    Another fantastic game from id with awkward graphics. The main campaign will take you about 10 hours between two hub cities filled with side activities to do, like playing a CCG, "wanted board" quests, gambling, and car racing. In fact about half of the game takes place in your vehicle of choice; whether you are traveling to the next mission objective, farming upgrade tickets, or justAnother fantastic game from id with awkward graphics. The main campaign will take you about 10 hours between two hub cities filled with side activities to do, like playing a CCG, "wanted board" quests, gambling, and car racing. In fact about half of the game takes place in your vehicle of choice; whether you are traveling to the next mission objective, farming upgrade tickets, or just hunting for sewer entrances (hidden DLC missions that comes free), there is a lot of non-FPS stuff to do. The main problems with this game are engine issues. There is a lot of texture popup without .cfg tweaks and a lot of the environmental objects (tables, radios, books, etc.) look like they have a single texture on them. It's a bit jarring when characters have real fluid, complex animations and top-notch texture and model work but they are surrounded by untextured objects. If you can deal with the uneven graphics, this is a real solid (albeit too easy) game.… Expand
  34. Mercury_Filter
    Dec 2, 2012
    6
    I will preface this by stating that I played this game ages (in computer time) after it came out, so I can not really comment on the numerous technical problems that heard of. From what I saw, I am forced to assume that they have been resolved; whether by the updates to the game or as a result of the higher-powered hardware, I cannot say.

    Giving RAGE a six out of ten was not an easy    I will preface this by stating that I played this game ages (in computer time) after it came out, so I can not really comment on the numerous technical problems that heard of. From what I saw, I am forced to assume that they have been resolved; whether by the updates to the game or as a result of the higher-powered hardware, I cannot say.

    Giving RAGE a six out of ten was not an easy thing for me to do. There was a part of me that really wanted to give it a higher score. I can honestly say that I really enjoyed it, but I am forced to ignore that feeling and address the things whose absence kept the game from really standing out among the rank and file.
    The core mechanics are solid. I mean really solid. The shooting sections of RAGE felt balanced, challenging enough to kill me occasionally, but not so much as to cause frustration. The various "tools of the trade", so to speak, allow the player to approach combat as they see fit; whether that be picking the enemy off from a distance, or tromping right into the thick of it with guns blazing. The levels are indisputably linear, and while that certainly affects the game as a whole I cannot say that it took away from the core experience that I expect when sitting down to play a shooter. When stepping outside the various locations and hopping behind the wheel of one of RAGE's vehicles, I was pleasantly surprised. It felt like id really put in some time on the physics here. The vehicles have a feel of being driven, not just moved. The combat here was fun as well, the skill for success being primarily knowing how and when to use your items for optimal results. Possibly the worst part of my time in the cars was that it drew attention to what was missing, but more on that later.
    Overall, I was impressed by the graphics. To the point where my completion time for the game was probably stretched out due to my stopping from time to time to appreciate the rocks. There were certainly things that could have been improved. I ran across a fair amount of textures that were not up to par with the rest of them, often strangely situated on object that were definitely going to be right in your face. I can only assume that either higher quality versions are not loading, or they were just considered to be of less importance (several times this occurred in places where there was something you would normally have focused on primarily, and I did not notice until reviewing screenshots I took). Perhaps the most wonderful part of the graphical element of the game to me was the expressiveness of the characters. They had their own ways of moving, and their own facial tics. The result of this is that I can say id has sold me the most believable digital person I have seen in a video game to date, if considered for expressiveness alone. This, unfortunately, also served to highlight some of the things that I felt were woefully absent, and could have made RAGE into a great game.
    For all the parts of a great whole that are present, it feels like some components were not assembled to spec. There is an open desert wasteland, and it really does not feel like there is anything there. You are given freedom, but nowhere to go. The game seems like a hint at some massive idea of a much greater scope that was not realized. The characters have wonderful expression, but they don't really play much of a role for the player, other than to dispense supplies and missions. This is probably the greatest shame of RAGE. If there had been a stronger story, the characters may have had something to express.
    In closing, I would agree that the game is rather short, even if I did enjoy the time that I spent playing it. I would recommend playing it, but with the caveat that the best parts of RAGE are the parts where you are shooting things. You should probably enjoy shooters if you plan of buying this game. If you are looking for a sandbox, it sadly falls short of the mark, even if it feels like it could have hit that mark easily. To be bluntly honest, I think seeing how the characters move and emote, and just how damn pretty the game world is is fun in its own right.

    Now, for my list of petty grievances:
    A lot of the characters seem to have poor quality textures on their hands.
    The game feels like a primer for a sequel, but it does not feel like there is adequate story for more than a prologue. (I treat this as petty because I consider RAGE as a shooter, not a book, regardless of how I feel the lack of a strong story negatively impacted the characters)
    Please stop blocking paths in ways that could easily be circumvented by myself, and effortlessly by someone able to battle authoritarian forces bent on domination. A chair does not weight that much, I can move it. And yes, I won't run through fire but I might just step up onto the chair that is positioned a meter to the right of the fire filled opening, and climb over the chest high barrier that the opening passes through.    … Expand
  35. Bongo_clive
    Jun 4, 2013
    4
    There is no surprise this is made by the guys who brought us DOOM, the game play is EXACTLY the same as it's 20 year old brother, just strafe and shoot, strafe and shoot.

    Can look spectacular, but you're never given a chance to explore the world as you're kept in a corridor and pushed towards the next bullet sponge. Very disappointing.
  36. pyxxel
    Nov 25, 2013
    9
    I tried this game in the recent Free Weekend on Steam. Other than some other posters who slate the game for it being free to try out, I think it's a great idea. You can test if it's what you expect and like, if it runs well on your rig, and then take it or leave it what the heck would be wrong with that??

    I figure the game must have had some problems at launch, and it really looks like    I tried this game in the recent Free Weekend on Steam. Other than some other posters who slate the game for it being free to try out, I think it's a great idea. You can test if it's what you expect and like, if it runs well on your rig, and then take it or leave it what the heck would be wrong with that??

    I figure the game must have had some problems at launch, and it really looks like some people are still in RAGE cuz they once paid €50 for this, it didn't work for them and thus they keep downvoting it forever. I guess they're hung up about their own issues you can safely ignore them. Saying it's mediocre and then giving it a score of 0 is just not honest and forthright. (If you don't know what that means, look it up, ragers!)

    So, I checked it out for about 2 hours on my ageing PC (Radeon 4870, Phenom CPU, Win Vista). It ran really well, looked gorgeous, was engaging in combat and in dialogue. It entertained me plenty, I had lots of fun, no issues with graphics, controls, all worked perfectly. Worth the €5 on special offer? Not just worth it, it's a STEAL.

    Yes the gameplay is linear (bit like Borderlands), yes there are invisible walls, yes the weapon options are limited, so is the roleplaying element. But by golly, the combat is a freakin fun-filled splatterfest! This game is what it is, don't expect it to be anything else, and you'll have a blast. No you can't mess about with objects or customise your character like in Fallout 3, it doesn't have the Fallout 3 humour, it doesn't do many things, but what it does it does brilliantly.

    Don't come to this with false hopes, and you'll love it too. You won't be disappointed.    … Expand
  37. NooblordFocker
    Jun 10, 2014
    4
    Before I start reviewing the game itself, I would like to say, that with the latest 1.3 patch the game runs fine on a R9 270. There are some minor frame rate drops here and there, some texture pop-ins, but overall the performance is passable, so at least id took the horrible release problems into account. Now, a friend of mine told me about "Rage" about a year ago, but I never reallyBefore I start reviewing the game itself, I would like to say, that with the latest 1.3 patch the game runs fine on a R9 270. There are some minor frame rate drops here and there, some texture pop-ins, but overall the performance is passable, so at least id took the horrible release problems into account. Now, a friend of mine told me about "Rage" about a year ago, but I never really looked into it until recently. I had just completed "Borderlands" and I was curious if there were other games, which attempted this interesting mixture of open world and FPS (besides the new "Fallout" games) and this game came to my attention. To my surprise, it was made by id, the company which started the FPS genre in the first place. Despite the mixed reviews, I decided to give the game a chance. Perhaps, I thought, it was the poor release that spoiled may gamers' experience. The first impression the game made on me was a good one, suspenseful opening cutscene, intriguing visual design, especially when it comes to NPCs, however the game's numerous flaws quickly become apparent and at a certain point you come to a disappointing conclusion- the game is simply not fun. It's like a big, shiny firecracker that turns out to be a dud. The first thing you are going to notice is that the game doesn't even make an attempt at a story, or any promising development and immediately turns into a string of uninspired kill x, fetch x, bring x to y quests, even less varied than in "Borderlands" .Now I'm not saying I expected a movie grade masterpiece here, but come on, what was the point of that suspenseful CG cutscene if it doesn't amount to anything but a bunch of fetch/kill quests. Regardless of much money they spent on that cutscene, it was better spent elsewhere. Characters look interesting, but are bland as vanilla ice cream. Just soulless husks that give you quests. You will probably remember their distinct features instead of their names (the guy with the green shades, the chick with the boomerang and so on) . Your main character,however, has the most uninspired look you could think. He really, really reminds me of another equally uninspired d*ck - James Vega from " Mass Effect 3" and that is someone who I really don't want to remember. Oh and hes is mute and has no free will, no surprise there. But it's a FPS, you won't be seeing much of him. Characters and plot are not crucial to a good FPS, however- the combat and game mechanics are the meat of the game. Well, the combat was a mixed bag for me. Since "Rage" was made by veterans of the FPS genre, I expected an oldschool, fast paced Shooter with greater freedom for exploration. Well tough luck, the game is a MODERN FPS through and through. It has it all - the regenerating health, reliance on cover. Now, at least the execution was okay, combat feels fluent, more fast-paced than most tactical first person shooters. Ammo types were a nice addition. The weapons were a huge disappointment for me - a sawed-off shotgun, a magnum revolver, an AK, this is the best they could come up with? One of the most important elements of any good FPS game is having access to an arsenal of badass guns, the more unique the weapons are, the more memorable the game is.Probably the only creatively designed weapon was the boomerang,which wasn't really a weapon, just secondary equipment. Another big issue was the difficulty. I don't consider myself a hardcore gamer, but nightmare,as i found out was the optimal difficulty for me. And i still refrained from using med-packs. Exploration is very minimal, I wouldn't even compare it to "Borderlands" (which had a lot of corridor sections), it's more like the you get in "Bioshock". The only difference is that the corridors are longer, so you're forced to use the game's vehicles, which, to be honest, were ok in terms of handling, but I felt they were just there for padding out the game. Speaking of that, the game is rather short, you' ll probably clock in at around 14 hours with most side activities done. There is almost no character progression. You can unlock schematics for the engineering system, which feels tacked-on and completely pointless. I hate the UI, I really do. Now this may seem like nitpicking, but it becomes progressively more and more annoying as you play the game. The design of the interface looks incredibly bland with a tint of putrid green as an added bonus, unnecessary mouse acceleration that can only be turned off by fiddling with .ini filie, horrible and very console-focused inventory/equip system, they basically did a CnP from "Borderlands", reversed the layout and added a new tab for junk items. Overall "Rage" wasn't really a bad game. It just feels very underdeveloped (despite the long development cycle) and unsure exactly what it wants to be. There is little replay value, due to the low difficulty and lack of character development/ equipment variety/ exploration.… Expand
  38. pkpkavanagh
    Apr 30, 2013
    7
    Rage is the newest release from id Software, the pioneers of the FPS and creators of such games as DOOM and Wolfenstein. This game is id Software’s proclaimed return to the business of creating games, after being absent for a few years. Does Rage stand out enough to make it a front runner in FPSs’ to come? Or is it just another crude shooter?
    Rage takes place in a post apocalyptic world    Rage is the newest release from id Software, the pioneers of the FPS and creators of such games as DOOM and Wolfenstein. This game is id Software’s proclaimed return to the business of creating games, after being absent for a few years. Does Rage stand out enough to make it a front runner in FPSs’ to come? Or is it just another crude shooter?
    Rage takes place in a post apocalyptic world after nuclear war and meteor strikes have decimated the majority of life on earth. Your character (who is never named) is an ark dweller, person chosen to be placed in an ark underground to avoid the struggle of the war. The first scene in Rage involves your character waking up from his hibernation in his ark, and stepping out into the world.
    This moment of discovery was one of the most awesome experiences I have had in gaming for a while. Once outside of the ark, you are given the opportunity to look around your surroundings. It is this moment that you can tell the developers did not waste any time making this game look awesome. I spent at least 5 minutes looking just at the sky to watch the clouds overhead. These graphics were some of the best I have seen in a very, very long time, however just because the graphic s are good does not mean that this is an overall good game.
    Part of my problem with this game is the lack of originality in the story. The main plot emphasizes the role of a small, underground, rebel organization working in secret to try and overthrow “The Authority”, a repressive central government. Honestly this plot has come up in so many other venues that from the get go I was not interested.
    One aspects of the game that I was interested in was the gunplay, at least at first. This game really delivers on creating realistic enemies that react appropriately to gun shots. One of the best moments in the game was facing my first mutant, him running down the hallway at me and me taking a couple seconds to place a shot in both legs. The mutant responded very well, tripping and stumbling when the bullet hit him. Even though this was cool for the first few hours of the game, the novelty eventually wears off and gunplay becomes a chore, something you do because you have to, not because you want to. There was a severe lack of weapons in Rage, which made the FPS lose its shine fast.
    Mission variety is another low point in the game for me. Not only has Rage generic fetch quests, some of the mission environments are replayed, which I did not enjoy. For example, in one mission you had to go through an abandoned laboratory to collect medicine, and then later in the game you go back to that same location just to run through the entire same building backwards. I feel that this really poor choice to make, because the developers had such a cool setting for the game.
    I would say that the environment of Rage is neat, but the developers failed to expand upon it. When a game this comes out, I expected some heavy environmental exploration and discovery, however this was not so. The extent of exploration was limited to driving in between levels to complete generic missions. This would not bug me, if the “wasteland” (the land outside of hub worlds and levels) had any incentive to explore. In my time spent with the game, I never felt the urge to actually explore; I just drove from mission to mission without a second thought.
    Rage was a highly anticipated release; however it fails to deliver in many aspects. From mission variety to gun-play to story, this game falls short in compare to others in its field. The only thing that stuck out to me in this game was the graphics, which were nothing short of stunning, unfortunately this is the only high point in the game.    … Expand
  39. weazz1980
    Jul 28, 2014
    10
    The game is a solid 9 for me, but to balance the "0"-votings, i rate it a 10.

    Playing this game again at the moment and having a blast with it. Superb gunplay, intense atmosphere and well designed characters! The engine is realy impressive, you never see the same barrel or garbage twice, every location is unique. The buildings interiors are top notch, it feels so real! Sure, the engine    The game is a solid 9 for me, but to balance the "0"-votings, i rate it a 10.

    Playing this game again at the moment and having a blast with it. Superb gunplay, intense atmosphere and well designed characters! The engine is realy impressive, you never see the same barrel or garbage twice, every location is unique. The buildings interiors are top notch, it feels so real! Sure, the engine has it's downsides, so you will see some blurry textures here and there, but who cares? When you digging in the sewers and you can almost smell the **** and be immersed into the game!

    For me this game is a clearly underrated gem. Imagine Rage with the mechanics from a Fallout New Vegas, more items, hunger and thirst! This would be my dream-game :-)

    The story in Rage is ok for a shooter, but don't expect some heavy plot here. But that's not really important. The world is unique, beautiful, lots of places to explore, tune your guns and cars, speak with the natives, do quests, take on some races and enjoy some great hours of gameplay!    … Expand
  40. WATCHAMACOLITE
    Sep 4, 2013
    8
    So, i bought this game. I didnt want to download it for so long because it was 20GB, but i did anyway.
    ~THE GOOD~
    1. Holy SH*T the graphics. They are amazing. Beyond that, they are godly. I have all my setting switched to LOW, and the world looks gorgeous. Skyrim? Okay graphics. Some stuff is pretty, but you dont pay for graphics. Fallout? Meh. Ive seen better from bethesda. RAGE?    So, i bought this game. I didnt want to download it for so long because it was 20GB, but i did anyway.
    ~THE GOOD~
    1. Holy SH*T the graphics. They are amazing. Beyond that, they are godly. I have all my setting switched to LOW, and the world looks gorgeous. Skyrim? Okay graphics. Some stuff is pretty, but you dont pay for graphics. Fallout? Meh. Ive seen better from bethesda. RAGE? F*nking beautiful graphics. They are so amazingfullnesstastic, holy shat, the best graphics ive ever seen on a game. Ever.
    2. I haven't yet used combat, but the movement is good too. I just started.
    3. Holy graphics    … Expand
  41. andyjadams
    Jun 17, 2014
    8
    I've got say that this is a hidden gem. It's been out for long enough now that the video issues are long since gone. It runs super smooth on my AMD system, which is great because it sure is a beautiful game

    I bought it a while back on sale on Steam. I had other games to play and forgot about it. Came across it last week and after reading the mixed reviews decided to give it a go.    I've got say that this is a hidden gem. It's been out for long enough now that the video issues are long since gone. It runs super smooth on my AMD system, which is great because it sure is a beautiful game

    I bought it a while back on sale on Steam. I had other games to play and forgot about it. Came across it last week and after reading the mixed reviews decided to give it a go. I'm totally glad I did.

    It's a great shooter and has a little of the open-world that I love. If I decide to follow the plot I can. If I want to do the side missions I can.

    But let's be honest it's no Borderlands. There are tons of limitation on where you can go. The missions are very linear with very few regions for exploration. Thankfully they are usually short so you don't get too stuck following the same track.

    There is tons of driving. I loved it, but felt like it was forced upon you too much. It can be a lot of fun shooting while driving, but there is a lot of it.

    Don't get me wrong this is a great game and will provide hours of shoot-em up fun. But it does lack that sense of finish after playing other games. Hence the 8.

    Grab it on sale if you can, it's a worthy addition to any game library. I've got a race to win now so I can get the parts I need.    … Expand
  42. Ashifkillz
    Jan 8, 2014
    8
    I've played this game countless amount of times, twice on my PS3 and many more times on my laptop, I liked the story line a lot, graphics were impressive, and it worked nicely on my very slow laptop, it has impressive features, but there are boring parts that can bring down the rating, but over all very good game, i understand there are a lot of bugs, and I mean A LOT. However, if you areI've played this game countless amount of times, twice on my PS3 and many more times on my laptop, I liked the story line a lot, graphics were impressive, and it worked nicely on my very slow laptop, it has impressive features, but there are boring parts that can bring down the rating, but over all very good game, i understand there are a lot of bugs, and I mean A LOT. However, if you are able to run it without a game breaking glitch like me then it should be a fun experience. Easy 8/10 recommend trying!… Expand
  43. LowBrainSpace
    Sep 14, 2013
    8
    It's a nice game when you are a casual gamer. It looks nice but its every time the same mission design.
    For this price its ok, not more. Buy it if you want but its not a must have.
  44. orctown-troll
    Mar 15, 2014
    8
    This game had a bad launch and was practically buried in bad reviews when it came out. This is unfortunate now, because Rage is actually a brilliant, though flawed game, that very nearly rises to the level of the two games it most closely emulates: Fallout 3 and Borderlands. In a comparison of the three games Rage comes in as the third place contender for post-apocalyptic fun. WHY? WellThis game had a bad launch and was practically buried in bad reviews when it came out. This is unfortunate now, because Rage is actually a brilliant, though flawed game, that very nearly rises to the level of the two games it most closely emulates: Fallout 3 and Borderlands. In a comparison of the three games Rage comes in as the third place contender for post-apocalyptic fun. WHY? Well three reasons really. (1) The explorable 'world' of Rage is too small. (2) The role playing elements of the game (leveling up, gaining skill increases and perks) don't exist. (3) The scenario and writing is too generic and lack-luster. This is slightly sad as the environmental art, level design and combat AI in this game are really great. Id Software got a lot of the elements right. However without exploration, an exciting plot or character building to motivate players the player base quickly declined and the game was forgotten. Id should have looked deeper at what motivates gamers to play games. A bigger world. A better story. More sense of forging your own identity with your character (aka role playing). Buy this game on sale and enjoy its overall excellence. For achievement hunters good luck getting four of a kind playing poker! The mini-games in Rage are TERRIBLY boring for poor suffering completionists.

    Orctowngrot    … Expand
  45. jeezy318
    Oct 24, 2013
    9
    I got this game and the scourcher pack for like $19.99 on steam. It was super fun single player for me. I didnt and probably won't play mulit player. I did have any problems with bug or glitches. It ran perfect. I would have gave it a 10, but the ending left me hanging. dont know if they'll make a part 2 or not. Overall it was fun. Like mad max meets doom.
  46. s2me
    Nov 25, 2013
    8
    Playing on PC with Core2duo 2.8 and ATI HD4870. Good graphics with great performance. There is no any problems with textures or something like that. Only a few non-essential bugs. Nice experience for me. I like this game.
  47. epicfester
    Oct 24, 2015
    10
    No doubt the finest corridor FPS ever created. Replay value is tremendous.

    Open world? No, but it doesnt matter! The mechanics, gameplay, jump scares, speed at which hoards of muties attack... perfect. Same ID game engine in Wolfenstein New Order / Old Blood but those games are way to slow with way. too. many. cut-scenes. Too many breaks in the action and to simply sit and watch an in    No doubt the finest corridor FPS ever created. Replay value is tremendous.

    Open world? No, but it doesnt matter! The mechanics, gameplay, jump scares, speed at which hoards of muties attack... perfect. Same ID game engine in Wolfenstein New Order / Old Blood but those games are way to slow with way. too. many. cut-scenes. Too many breaks in the action and to simply sit and watch an in game movie blows. Hey game devs: That is lame! In fact gaming today is just way too passive, but his 5 yr old gem called RAGE is All Killer - No Filler!    … Expand
  48. Aberzanzorax
    Mar 2, 2014
    8
    A solid game, with a fun open world style--though somewhat linear in this "openworlded-ness".

    Enjoyable dystopian feel, with a sense of character empowerment both by action and gear. A solid game, but not a "must play". I was sort of shocked by the high number of bad reviews. I wonder if it had issues when it was first released? It may be helpful to search reviews by date to    A solid game, with a fun open world style--though somewhat linear in this "openworlded-ness".

    Enjoyable dystopian feel, with a sense of character empowerment both by action and gear.

    A solid game, but not a "must play". I was sort of shocked by the high number of bad reviews. I wonder if it had issues when it was first released? It may be helpful to search reviews by date to determine if the low reviews are clustered close to release date (I haven't done this myself, but it might be of use.)    … Expand
  49. Shuk
    Jan 21, 2014
    4
    I've actually had few graphical issues with this game, runs well on my system. I had a crash at startup for about a month until it cleared up for unknown reasons. Yet the real issue with this game, for me, is that it's very, very boring. I completely lost interest after just a couple hours.... and I'm not one to just leave a game unfinished. Although the shooty side of the game wasI've actually had few graphical issues with this game, runs well on my system. I had a crash at startup for about a month until it cleared up for unknown reasons. Yet the real issue with this game, for me, is that it's very, very boring. I completely lost interest after just a couple hours.... and I'm not one to just leave a game unfinished. Although the shooty side of the game was relatively satisfying, the missions were redundant. The story is immediately disengaging. The town and characters are like Borderlands 2 clones... I'm serious... it's remarkable how similar they are. Crafting is clunky and unenjoyable. Some missions send you to the same place several times to kill the same guys only for a different quest item. It's, actually, a lot like playing a more realistic looking Borderlands but without all things that made it fun....… Expand
  50. EggManStudio
    Jun 28, 2015
    8
    Those who played Doom and Quake way back when will remember the fun that was blasting enemies into oblivion with an assortment of weapons, ranging from mundane to downright crazy. Perhaps this is the reason why Rage wears the name "iD Software" so proudly, stating on the box art as being from the creators of Doom and Quake - and indeed, the game offers a very similar experience, with someThose who played Doom and Quake way back when will remember the fun that was blasting enemies into oblivion with an assortment of weapons, ranging from mundane to downright crazy. Perhaps this is the reason why Rage wears the name "iD Software" so proudly, stating on the box art as being from the creators of Doom and Quake - and indeed, the game offers a very similar experience, with some modern twists, and the result is, at the very least, enjoyable.

    The main story of Rage revolves around the player character, a survivor of an experiment by the U.S. government known as the Eden Project, designed to repopulate the Earth after a cataclysmic event which destroyed most of civilisation, awakening 106 years after being put in stasis, and being unwittingly dragged into a fight between the warring Authority, who are attempting to sieze control of the remaining settlements of Earth, and the Resistance, whose name should probably speak for themselves. This plot might be a bit bland, but Rage's fun lies not in its plot, but in its gameplay. The game certainly spares no expense with regards to action during its missions, which usually see you shooting large numbers of enemies with a large variety of weapons, which can be strategically used in tandem with each other. It's for this reason that, as stated before, I compare Rage favourably with games such as Doom and Quake, though equally favourable comparisons can also be made to Borderlands for its setting and Mad Max for the driving.

    The game's certainly not grounded in the past, however - there are various features which drag the classic shooter into the age of modern gaming, such as a lives system of sorts implemented through a "defibrilator" mini-game, an open-world setting and and a vehicle mechanic, with the player unlocking better vehicles as they progress in the game. The driving in this game feels surprisingly fluid - It feels really satisfying to empty your Boost gauge whilst speeding through the game's deserted wastelands. The game also incorporates a vehicular combat system, though the weapons for this mode are not quite as diverse as thse for the main game, being limited to a mostly-ineffective Minigun, rockets, and a pulse weapon later on in the game.

    Aside from the large variety of weapons available to the player in the game, each weapon also has various ammunition types, for instance an assault rifle has a standard round and a more powerful round, a shotgun has standard buckshot, an explosive "pop-rocket" round and a pulse round, and the game's Pistol has not only bulllets of increasing damage, but also Killbursts - the best description for which I can give comes from in-game: "Bullets within bullets within bullets, and they all fire at once." This gives the game slightly more diversity, making things a little more interesting by allowing players to switch between different ammo types on the fly to cater for different situations - Should I blast my way through with my ordinary Shotgun cartridges or do I blow them to pieces with my Pop Rockets?

    There are some criticisms to be made - as I've said before, the story is quite bland and some of the open-world segments feel a bit forced, particularly the colonies which serve as a break-point of sorts between missions. Also, in spite of all the ammo types available, money is not easy enough to come by in the game world to actually be able to take advantage of all of them at once, requiring players to specialise at some point. Also quite annoying is the fact that there is no HUD when inside the game's aforementioned colonies, making it difficult to work out where it is you're meant to be going when some missions require you to visit a particular area within the colonies, necessitating wandering around aimlessly for a while trying to work out where the hell it is you're supposed to go. Perhaps one could also argue that some of the modernisations made to the game just seem arbitrary, from the plot to basic things like iron sights, which in some situations just aren't necessary.

    All in all, the enjoyability of Rage depends on what you want from it. If you're looking for a deep story experience, then this is probably not the game for you. If, however, you enjoyed games the likes of Doom, Painkiller, Serious Sam and Duke Nukem 3D and are looking for a similar experience updated for a modern age, then Rage will be happy to provide you with a generous helping of over-the-top, rip-roaring action that will surely sustain one's appetite for death and destruction.    … Expand
  51. RockyBeats
    Jun 14, 2014
    10
    This is my personal experience with the PC version of this game. Rage. Is. Awesome! Gun fights rock! Driving and blowing stuff up, Rocks! The NPC's are very well done. Everything is sooo beautiful. The game just looks fantastic.

    If you haven't you have to buy the add on RAGE: The Scorchers. Why? Two Reasons. #1 Sarah, #2 The nail gun (whoopidy doo right? nope it has a rail gun    This is my personal experience with the PC version of this game. Rage. Is. Awesome! Gun fights rock! Driving and blowing stuff up, Rocks! The NPC's are very well done. Everything is sooo beautiful. The game just looks fantastic.

    If you haven't you have to buy the add on RAGE: The Scorchers. Why? Two Reasons. #1 Sarah, #2 The nail gun (whoopidy doo right? nope it has a rail gun attachment that lets you see through walls and shoot through said walls and completely disintegrate most foes! Which ROCKS by the way!

    I had so much fun playing this game. I have enjoyed at least 4 different play throughs and would highly recommend this game to others.

    The only faults in the game is I wish I could interact more with certain NPC's. I don't mean sexually.    … Expand
  52. GamerK1
    Dec 16, 2014
    9
    Great old fashioned FPS, an interesting selection of weapons - robot-car-bombs for instance, this is a game to be played on hard level, if you're someone who plays games on the easy setting then don't bother you'll get bored. This game can be frustratingly hard but that's somehow what makes it so satisfying when you beat the enemies. Graphically this game is a mixed bag, mostly it'sGreat old fashioned FPS, an interesting selection of weapons - robot-car-bombs for instance, this is a game to be played on hard level, if you're someone who plays games on the easy setting then don't bother you'll get bored. This game can be frustratingly hard but that's somehow what makes it so satisfying when you beat the enemies. Graphically this game is a mixed bag, mostly it's awesome but there are a couple of spots that look a bit too nineties. No 'bad-port' issues, I don't recall any buggyness. Grab it cheap if you like shooting tough enemies.… Expand
  53. bohemond1944
    Feb 1, 2015
    10
    Awesome game, like a Doom meet Mad Max feel. The weapons are punchy, the graphics are great (I see all the attacks on the pop-in, but find it amusing since there's actually less of that in RAGE than in Wolfenstein the New World Order which got rave user reviews. The world is amazingly well done, fantastic voice acting, great post-apocalyptic backdrop really sells the game world. They evenAwesome game, like a Doom meet Mad Max feel. The weapons are punchy, the graphics are great (I see all the attacks on the pop-in, but find it amusing since there's actually less of that in RAGE than in Wolfenstein the New World Order which got rave user reviews. The world is amazingly well done, fantastic voice acting, great post-apocalyptic backdrop really sells the game world. They even have John Goodman! I'm not much of a car game guy, which is not the biggest part of the game, but I still found myself enjoying it with all the upgrades. For a shooter there is so much to do here it's amazing; gambling, racing, shooting, optional side missions, upgrading your gear; it's apparent John Carmack and id put a lot of love into this game. I found this game much more fun than borderlands, but I'm an old school shooter so maybe that's why; plus RAGE's graphics are much better than Borderlands'. Yeah, it's not Crysis 3, but hey pretty good still. If you are an old school shooter or a fan of the Mad Max movies, then play this game: IT IS A FREAKING BLAST. Concerning performance issues listed here; I have had no issues on the following systems:
    i7 960 with GTX 660 3GB at 1600x900
    i7 960 with GTX 780 at 1920x1080 and 2560x1440
    i7 4770K with R9 290X and R9 290X Crossfire at 2560x1440
    i7 5930K with GTX 780TI and GTX 780TI SLI at 1920x1080 and 3840x2160 with max AA.
    My average FPS at 4K with 780TI SLI was 49 FPS, considering that high a resolution with max AA, not bad at all.
    BLUF: If you didn't like the old school shooters then this isn't for you; if you did then it is.    … Expand
  54. slomofojoe
    Jul 24, 2016
    6
    Ok... it's pretty ok. First impressions, wow. Graphics are pretty stellar despite the pop in and some textures that arent fleshed out. Gun play is solid and fun with a decent arsenal of some pretty cool weapons. My favorite are the the wing-dings (boomerangs with razor sharp blades perfect for beheading). The vehicle combat and racing feels awkward at first, buy ends up being fun reminsentOk... it's pretty ok. First impressions, wow. Graphics are pretty stellar despite the pop in and some textures that arent fleshed out. Gun play is solid and fun with a decent arsenal of some pretty cool weapons. My favorite are the the wing-dings (boomerangs with razor sharp blades perfect for beheading). The vehicle combat and racing feels awkward at first, buy ends up being fun reminsent of my Twisted Metal days.

    However, if you play through the entire game, nothing is fleshed out. The RPG elements are pretty shallow and consists of crafting about 16 different items, and finding said items in the world. Thats it. Weapon customization is also lacking with just a few mods which cant be removed. Enemy AI is great, but not varied. Youll be fighting the same enemies over and over just dressed and armed differently. Maybe 5 main types?

    The "open world" is really just a series of intersecting roads which cannot be strayed from, connecting towns and levels. And the levels are very much a corridor shooter.

    However, the worst offense is the story. The premise is fine, but the lack of lore, character development, meaningful dialogue really hurts this game. It has such a rich environment that serves little purpose other than a place to shoot stuff. In this regard, id should have stuck with what theyre best at and just delivered a hardcore action fps dropping the open world "rpg" part. They could then have focused on more weapons (although there is enough), enemy variety, level design, and BOSS BATTLES! Bc basically youre just driving the same toads over and over to the next level. Its not open ended.

    Anyway, if fallout is too much for you, or too RPG like and not enough firsf person boom boom. This might be just your game.    … Expand
  55. Jodle
    Dec 1, 2015
    6
    Game is OK but ending is terrible. Grafics are ok bad ending was bad.
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  56. nutcrackr
    Oct 15, 2011
    5
    Rage is a poor game that doesn't use the strengths of id software. You go through short linear segments and deal with similar enemy archetypes. Then drive across and empty wasteland, which respawns enemy vehicles, to get another quest that tells you to go back to the same place and do the same level in reverse. There is only about 3 hours of unique shooting content in this whole game, theRage is a poor game that doesn't use the strengths of id software. You go through short linear segments and deal with similar enemy archetypes. Then drive across and empty wasteland, which respawns enemy vehicles, to get another quest that tells you to go back to the same place and do the same level in reverse. There is only about 3 hours of unique shooting content in this whole game, the rest is recycled, bland, arcade, repetitive, empty and underdeveloped. There is no replay value, there is no story, there is no character and there is no reason you should be playing it. Nolan North voices about six characters in the first half of the game. The co-op is incredibly poor and the racing multiplayer is fun for a few hours only. Visually it looks fine even if it is incredibly static and blurry up close. The launch was a disaster on the PC requiring config file tweaks. After the tweaks it was running really well at 60fps with no texture pop-in, but that didn't make it a good game.… Expand
  57. AlienSpaceBats
    Aug 27, 2013
    6
    Appears highly derivative of Fallout 3 and Borderlands, though has a nice, unique art style and the driving sections/activities do add a little bit of variety. There is little to recommend the game, despite a few cool moments here and there (the giant boss in the hospital was fun) but he final mission is as abrupt and weak as if the development was cancelled at the last minute. WouldAppears highly derivative of Fallout 3 and Borderlands, though has a nice, unique art style and the driving sections/activities do add a little bit of variety. There is little to recommend the game, despite a few cool moments here and there (the giant boss in the hospital was fun) but he final mission is as abrupt and weak as if the development was cancelled at the last minute. Would recommend picking up cheaply only.… Expand
  58. Snowburnt
    Oct 28, 2011
    6
    It's not bad but it definitely falls short of expectations. To put it in x-meets-x-with-a-little-x terms it's like a watered down Deus Ex HR meets Crazy Taxi meets any corridor shooter. The action scenes are done Ok. You have many options to get through them but stealth really isn't one of them. Even if you kill the first guy without drawing attention to yourself the rest of the mooksIt's not bad but it definitely falls short of expectations. To put it in x-meets-x-with-a-little-x terms it's like a watered down Deus Ex HR meets Crazy Taxi meets any corridor shooter. The action scenes are done Ok. You have many options to get through them but stealth really isn't one of them. Even if you kill the first guy without drawing attention to yourself the rest of the mooks find you instantly. There is very little exploration possibility and every time you go into a fighting situation you're pretty much sent on rails through it.

    When you're not in an fighting scene you're either in one of a few settlements or driving around. The settlements are very claustrophobic and limited. The sidequests are short, too few and too simple. NPC interaction is handled well, the character animations and art is one of the best things about the game. On the other side of the coin most of the character backgrounds, personalities, and motivations are shallow or nonexistent. You as a character have no real option but to follow on the quests you are given without really knowing anything. You don't know who you are, you don't know where you are, and you don't know what is going on despite the fact that everyone talks to you like you should know these things.

    The end of the game was kind of open leaving me to believe that there will be sequels and that much of this will be explained, but for the most part it was a straightforward plot with no twists or turns, a generic shoot 'em up with minor rpg elements like quests and a construction system. I don't feel like it's a good excuse for leaving players in the dark as much as they did. Looking back on it, I probably spent about 20 hours playing it but when I think about what I actually did in the game it feels like 2 hours of game play with 18 hours of filler.    … Expand
  59. rsperryhouse
    Feb 23, 2012
    8
    I purchased this game a while after it came out and after a simple tune up to my graphics card, it was ready to go. I play on a Toshiba Satellite laptop. Experienced no problems except for a very slight rendering problem in some areas. The graphics are amazing, the story is a little shallow, but fun and the ending was somewhat of a bummer, but overall, the game plays well, is interestingI purchased this game a while after it came out and after a simple tune up to my graphics card, it was ready to go. I play on a Toshiba Satellite laptop. Experienced no problems except for a very slight rendering problem in some areas. The graphics are amazing, the story is a little shallow, but fun and the ending was somewhat of a bummer, but overall, the game plays well, is interesting and I will play through again on harder mode. I gave this game an 8 because I think that the story could have been developed a little better and because the ending left me hanging. This is a good FPS and the guns are fun to use, as well as the ammo choices. Didn't care much for the buggy's or driving mechanics of the game but once I was used to them, it was manageable. The voice acting was good if somewhat limited in dialogue but no real complaints. The easter eggs are fun to get and there are a lot of things to to hunt for and find, which i liked.

    The card game is fun. I was a big fan of the card game in FFVIII, so the game in RAGE was acceptable. Overall, a great product and if a sequel comes out, I will buy it.    … Expand
  60. AyaReiko
    Oct 18, 2011
    5
    Hooboy... What is there to say about this game. The good: It's not a bad game. The bad: It's isn't a good game either, definitely not $60 good. I'd place its value in the $30 range. Suffice to say Rage is just plain mediocre in every conceivable way. Graphically speaking, it is simply not impressive, absolutely nothing about it separates it from anything everybody else is doing.Hooboy... What is there to say about this game. The good: It's not a bad game. The bad: It's isn't a good game either, definitely not $60 good. I'd place its value in the $30 range. Suffice to say Rage is just plain mediocre in every conceivable way. Graphically speaking, it is simply not impressive, absolutely nothing about it separates it from anything everybody else is doing. Combat is pedestrian and repetitive, nothing really innovative. Weapons are mostly generic. AI is more artificial than intelligent. And health? It's the same recharging style we've seen ever since Halo came out. While you can carry your full arsenal with you, you'll find the sniper rifle and the shotgun or assault rifle is enough to beat nearly any level. The overall gameplay mechanics seems as if nobody could decide if it should be a Borderlands-like RPG-FPS or a straight FPS game, ultimately settling on something in between (skewing more towards the latter) and doing neither style particularly well. Story is as weak and forgettable as it could get. Missions are repetitive. Non-outside maps are linear. Real boss battles are rare, and don't appear where you would expect them to, this includes THE VERY FINAL LEVEL. Yes, this game ends not with a adrenaline-filled boss fight, but a feeble mook rush that the player can easily dispatch of with no problem what-so-ever. And the ending... Okay, that STRAIGHT UP SUCKED. As FMV that lasts less than a minute that RESOLVES NOTHING. You never meet the supposed Big Bad leading the enemies. Or anyone in charge of even some them. The main antagonists of the story have zero characterization at all. Aside from that, the four bosses the game does offer are wimps, and offer no real challenge at all. The races are not interesting, upgrade the engine and tires and you're virtually unbeatable at racing. Rally (a.k.a. haphazardly placed checkpoint) races tend to be more frustrating than fun. The entire game world feels much smaller than one, maybe two, average Borderlands maps, consists almost entirely of canyons, and happily falls into the trap of Real is Brown for the first half and Real is Grey for the second. This game is pure mediocrity.… Expand
  61. Slider
    Oct 26, 2011
    2
    I'm not quite sure what to say..... parts of the game look nice gun play is ok, but thats it. story "crap" driving portion fun for a minute but gets old fast "crap" Im talking PC version not played on console. I was soooo excited for this game and am crushed its so bad. :o( Do not buy for PC not worth $60 wait till its$10 or $15. Ugh could have bought beer with the money I spent andI'm not quite sure what to say..... parts of the game look nice gun play is ok, but thats it. story "crap" driving portion fun for a minute but gets old fast "crap" Im talking PC version not played on console. I was soooo excited for this game and am crushed its so bad. :o( Do not buy for PC not worth $60 wait till its$10 or $15. Ugh could have bought beer with the money I spent and enjoyed the hangover more.… Expand
  62. Ginslinger
    Oct 20, 2011
    0
    If I could have registered a negative score, I would have. I have been playing PC games long enough to have grown out of them and yet this is the first game that I have ever 'played' that has completely beaten every effort I have made just to get it to work. I bought it through Steam - every effort I have made to get a refund either from steam or the developer has been ignored or battedIf I could have registered a negative score, I would have. I have been playing PC games long enough to have grown out of them and yet this is the first game that I have ever 'played' that has completely beaten every effort I have made just to get it to work. I bought it through Steam - every effort I have made to get a refund either from steam or the developer has been ignored or batted straight back with 'try this'. I am silly enough to have an ATI graphics card (which plays everything else perfectly) but if that is such a problem, surely the reseller should have flagged it. Rubbish.… Expand
  63. palarious
    Oct 23, 2011
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ok.... so, iD wanted to make an RPG shooter in a post-apocalyptic setting with racing. VERY COOL IDEA. Unfortunately, they really, really screwed the pooch. ==========Your RPG elements consist of choosing one three suits with minor differences, three armor increases, and obtaining blueprints for building items. F-

    =========Your FPS elements seem interesting, with multiple ammo types and several guns.... unfortunately, excepting the crossbow, which is just given to you, like most of the weapons, the shooting system is about as innovative and exciting as a plate of cold grits. You get thrown maybe three or four upgrades, you can't find any neat weapons out in the wild, you buy all your weapons and upgrades in shops (or someone just outright gives them to you), and there is no such thing as alternate fire, prone, leaning around corners, modifying your weapons, bullet travel time or physics. C

    =========Continuing on FPS, the AI is extremely predictable, making it basically a chore after a certain point to wade through THE EXACT SAME ENCOUNTERS over and over again. More on that in a sec. There are no real innovative ammo types, excepting maybe the 6-in-1 pistol ammo. There is no stealth component.... once you engage, you're engaged and there is no benefit to using the one silent weapon, other than it's a crossbow. For a game with boss fights, they're kind of pathetic and sparse. The big build up to the final mission is...incredibly disappointing to say the least... It's really an understatement to say it's bad. D-

    ==========As for the post-apocalyptic setting, that is pretty par-on.... if you don't mind cheesy characters who don't reflect the values of people living in a society wanting for almost every necessary good. The mutants are interesting, but they're the only real â    … Expand
  64. JJE
    Feb 17, 2012
    5
    PROS: Gunplay is fantastic - the weapons feel powerful and the gadgets are entertaining. Atmosphere is truly immersive in some segments. Pretty (though not amazing) visuals. Racing/driving can be fun. CONS: Story is banal and delivered robotically. You're everyone's **** right off the bat. You couldn't give two **** about any of the characters, especially yourself. Some utterly inanePROS: Gunplay is fantastic - the weapons feel powerful and the gadgets are entertaining. Atmosphere is truly immersive in some segments. Pretty (though not amazing) visuals. Racing/driving can be fun. CONS: Story is banal and delivered robotically. You're everyone's **** right off the bat. You couldn't give two **** about any of the characters, especially yourself. Some utterly inane dialogue (eg."Do you feel the need for speed?" or "Drive like you mean it." said most times when entering a race). Small, I know, but just indicative of the general lack of a **** the developers gave for the writing (and no, the delivery of aforementioned lines does not come off as sarcasm/irony/parody). The game has the audacity to send you driving back to the same locations and playing through the map again, though often with the added 'diversity' of simply replaying it in the opposite direction to your first outing. Also; no matter what anyone says, this game feels A LOT like Borderlands (yes, I'm aware that development times for the two coincided, Rage starting first actually, but still, id software had plenty of time to improve the formula, instead it offers up even less), it's FAR less enjoyable/addictive than Borderlands. And finally, aptly, the ending: which is an anti-climatic, thankless, unengaging and pathetic excuse for anything resembling story and combat.

    OVERALL: When you aren't being rocked in combat, you're instead being insulted by the atrocious story and cardboard characters. Only get this if it's on sale AND you're certain some good ol' fighting is all you need to be satisfied.    … Expand
  65. mschri
    Feb 15, 2012
    8
    I was very hyped up for this title to be released but all what I received was something i didn't expect would happen. The story is pretty **** especially the ending. However, The game does offer a terrific and amazing graphic, shooting mechanics and AI functionally. I also enjoying the twisted metal like feel when you are cruising through the wasteland killing any bandits that youI was very hyped up for this title to be released but all what I received was something i didn't expect would happen. The story is pretty **** especially the ending. However, The game does offer a terrific and amazing graphic, shooting mechanics and AI functionally. I also enjoying the twisted metal like feel when you are cruising through the wasteland killing any bandits that you encounter. So in the long run the game is good but not great as it should of been. I would not prefer you to spend $60 on it but it is worth $40-$50 though.… Expand
  66. DoctorPazuzu
    May 7, 2012
    9
    All bugs aside, this is a damn fun game. I find it sad how so many people hated it, and while I can see why, I myself thought it was really fun. The shooting is solid, the ai is good, the new engine (while buggy, derp) is fun and done pretty well. Nice job, ID, just make sure Rage 2 is better cared for.
  67. Rodrrico
    Feb 16, 2013
    2
    i bought this game after watching trailers and looking at screenshots. It looked amazing! Until I put it on my rather powerful PC rig and it ran like a one legged dog. The texture filtering issue is a game breaker in itself and make the game feel unfinished. The story had a good premise (even though the post apocalyptic world was well know to the gaming universe by now), but delivered likei bought this game after watching trailers and looking at screenshots. It looked amazing! Until I put it on my rather powerful PC rig and it ran like a one legged dog. The texture filtering issue is a game breaker in itself and make the game feel unfinished. The story had a good premise (even though the post apocalyptic world was well know to the gaming universe by now), but delivered like Mad Max 3.

    The gameplay frustrated me more than anything else, particularly when I cleared an area and then as soon as I go back, it is full of the same Serious Sam enemies that simply rush you like Justin Beiber fans at the airport. Other than this the missions are uninventive and repetitive. Finally to top it off, I hate when you know a game is a simple port of a console game when it tells you not to 'turn off your PC while saving'. Yeah, I think i might just reach around the back and yank out the power supply from my $4000 computer during a save load. This insults my intelligence and dumbs down the game.

    Here are two top tips for future cross platform games not originally designed for PC: 1.) Don't paste the game folder into 'Bobs game converter' to solely change the necessary files into a wizz PC format. 2.) Actually take the time to make the game into another format, such as PC and play test it first before boxing it up for release. You don't see chefs sending out food to paying customers before checking it is cooked and tastes right.

    Therefore, for the above flaws, Rage on the PC is only worth a 2/10.    … Expand
  68. mike2411
    Oct 23, 2011
    3
    ****Do Not Even Think about Buying This Game**** The technical issues with this game are not it's biggest problems. I can deal with downloading beta drivers. The game itself is just horrible. This is a $15 game at best. Since id stole $60 from me I will never buy another game from them. The fair thing to do would be issue a 50% refund for all PC users who bought the game through****Do Not Even Think about Buying This Game**** The technical issues with this game are not it's biggest problems. I can deal with downloading beta drivers. The game itself is just horrible. This is a $15 game at best. Since id stole $60 from me I will never buy another game from them. The fair thing to do would be issue a 50% refund for all PC users who bought the game through an online DRM source. This way they know we can't take the money and keep playing it. I bought this game expecting something like borderlands and it is nothing close. I would have then been ok if it was an alright FPS, but its not that either. I am about 45 minutes in and I have uninstalled it. I would compare this to Duke Nukem Forever. Here are some of it's problems:
    - Unlimited amount of bad guys pour out of doors at times unless you progress forward. This took away from any kind of strategy and felt like a Nintendo game from the 80's. -The game is extremely linear. -Confusing UI.
    -Horrible story so far. There is zero character development. -Missions are confusing as you have to collect items and you don't know how many items you have collected so far.    … Expand
  69. DarKMaTTeR
    Jan 15, 2012
    5
    This game is consistently above bad and below good. It never breaks, never gets too slow or too hard. But at the same time, it doesn't offer a single moment of entertainment or satisfaction. It's an extremely professional creation, with an evidently huge budget with little love put into it. Not worth playing through, even if it was given to you for free.
  70. Stealth3
    Oct 27, 2011
    1
    My rating is based on the quality of the game and keeping in mind that its a 60$ game. This game is nothing but hype, and the bad kind too. Its not that it fails to deliver, some of the components that its suppose to deliver are just not present altogether.

    -Trash story, even for an id game. -LINEAR, EXTREMELY LINEAR. Corridor shooter at its best, this is what this is. Corridor    My rating is based on the quality of the game and keeping in mind that its a 60$ game. This game is nothing but hype, and the bad kind too. Its not that it fails to deliver, some of the components that its suppose to deliver are just not present altogether.

    -Trash story, even for an id game. -LINEAR, EXTREMELY LINEAR. Corridor shooter at its best, this is what this is. Corridor shooter with a skybox.
    -Texture bugs which are part of the design which will never get solved. The only game in 2011 that has textures from 1999.
    -Horrible gameplay mechanics.
    -The true definition of a console port. This is a "console port" benchmark for future games to come.
    -Anything gameplay related to this game, just terrible.

    The only reason it doesn't get a 0 is because it has nice animations, so that bumps it to a 1. Do not buy, you were warned!    … Expand
  71. yiNXs
    Dec 14, 2011
    8
    Rage could have been an awesome game if they finished it, now it's just good. I don't mind the bugs, because after the patches it was playable, although it still crashes occasionally. The thing that bothers me more is the many buildings, locations and even doors in this game that just seem to be there, unused, not even for a simple sidequest. Instead of using all those spots they justRage could have been an awesome game if they finished it, now it's just good. I don't mind the bugs, because after the patches it was playable, although it still crashes occasionally. The thing that bothers me more is the many buildings, locations and even doors in this game that just seem to be there, unused, not even for a simple sidequest. Instead of using all those spots they just filled the game up by sending you to the area's they did design twice, with just some small changes made. The worst is the ending, which is beyond rushed. The final level looks amazing, but it's short, repetitive and when it was all over left me with an unfulfilled feeling. The final battle and ending is one of the most disappointing in gaming history and I'm not exaggerating. Not just because it's easy (even on nightmare setting the game is a breeze), but also because it's just very anti-climactic.

    That said, the game is still fun to play overall. It looks beautiful and the engine (when it works) is fast while everything looks great too. I do get the feeling they left things out to make it faster, like realistic gun lighting, flashlights, or any kind of dynamic light. It could be that the automatic video settings removed this for me, but I highly doubt that. The truly great thing about this game is the AI and the way enemies behave. They jump around, evade, duck, do flying kicks, hide, flank you, climb walls and ceilings, shoot around corners, advance, or retreat/regroup when losing, etc. It's definitely the best AI I've seen in a while. Too bad you play such an overpowered character, otherwise they'd be a real challenge.

    In the end the worst this game does is give you the idea that there's more, when there isn't. But there still is a lot. Easily a few evenings of playing time if you're a bit of a completionist, which is more than some top titles offer.

    P.S. A lot of people complain that it's a console port, which it definitely is. You should really be happy they still make PC games, ports or not. I rather have a port than no game at all, which seems to be the way things are heading for the over-pirated PC marked.    … Expand
  72. R3YNO
    Jan 10, 2012
    7
    This game has some great qualities and some bad ones. The good, the graphics look amazing, characters seem to act more lifelike. The story starts off great but then it ends. The ending isn't satisfying it made me kinda frustrated. If I had a guess, the multiplayer and co-op was the reason the campaign was so short and had the abrupt ending.
    If you where to buy buy on sale rather than full    This game has some great qualities and some bad ones. The good, the graphics look amazing, characters seem to act more lifelike. The story starts off great but then it ends. The ending isn't satisfying it made me kinda frustrated. If I had a guess, the multiplayer and co-op was the reason the campaign was so short and had the abrupt ending.
    If you where to buy buy on sale rather than full price because it does have good qualities.    … Expand
  73. dryerlaw
    May 15, 2012
    9
    Technically superb; great SFX, sound-acting, music, excellent graphics and lighting, gripping facial expressions and immersive world. The characters are very convincing and have personalities. The world and characters respond to your game progression when you bump into them in the cities, providing a great role-playing atmosphere. Many mini-games to keep players occupied; although most ofTechnically superb; great SFX, sound-acting, music, excellent graphics and lighting, gripping facial expressions and immersive world. The characters are very convincing and have personalities. The world and characters respond to your game progression when you bump into them in the cities, providing a great role-playing atmosphere. Many mini-games to keep players occupied; although most of them are generic and not highly inspiring, they're a welcome addition to the hybrid game. Action and gameplay-wise, though, the game isn't too revolutionary. It isn't bad by all means, but it doesn't have a highly satisfying moment throughout the story. Still, it is a great fun amidst all the generic shooters nowadays. As of 2012, most of the bugs and technical issues have been fixed.… Expand
  74. LongtimeGamer
    Oct 25, 2011
    6
    Everyone whines about the games buggy-niss but honestly i played through just fine with the release version. The textures was a bit annoying at times having to wait for it to focus but other then that there were really no issuses at all with my game, i assume that most of the negative reviews were people sucked into hype thinking it was a new fallout. It isnt. Nor was it ever meant to be.Everyone whines about the games buggy-niss but honestly i played through just fine with the release version. The textures was a bit annoying at times having to wait for it to focus but other then that there were really no issuses at all with my game, i assume that most of the negative reviews were people sucked into hype thinking it was a new fallout. It isnt. Nor was it ever meant to be. Its a good game at its core. Its super short though for its price. On Medium or average or whatever it was i beat the whole game and all side quests and found all the easter eggs(using youtube) in only about 14 hours. Its final game fight is pathetic and its ending is medicore.

    The build to the end of the game is pretty enjoyable overall though. Its worth a one-time playthough then maybe selling it.    … Expand
  75. Invadernny
    Dec 26, 2011
    6
    I'm about halfway through Rage and feel confident giving it a good review. It's not the groundbreaking game it looked like it would but, but it's very good. I suppose this texture error everyone is complaining about has been fixed because the game looks amazing on my machine. Still games should not ship with bugs that huge, so I'm not excusing id. I would give the game a 7 just forI'm about halfway through Rage and feel confident giving it a good review. It's not the groundbreaking game it looked like it would but, but it's very good. I suppose this texture error everyone is complaining about has been fixed because the game looks amazing on my machine. Still games should not ship with bugs that huge, so I'm not excusing id. I would give the game a 7 just for being pure fun, but I'm knocking off a point for the controls. I am really sick of these console ports, mapping xbox controls to a keyboard isn't good enough.… Expand
  76. wjomlex
    Feb 4, 2012
    6
    Rage seems to suffer from a lack of inspiration. The racing is OK, the minigames are fairly bland, and the exposition in the story is pretty terrible. The combat is fun enough, and it feels very tight, but it's repetitive. The whole game is just merely OK. There's nothing particularly new or exciting going on.
  77. Entropy78
    Oct 29, 2011
    5
    The launch of Rage has been plagued by bugs and this is simply inexcusable. Now, after having applied the latest patches and installed the latest video drivers, the game admittedly runs pretty good. The framerate is smooth despite my aging gaming PC, but texture pop remains a nuisance.

    The game itself then. Well, as this is an Id game with a new highly anticipated graphics engine let's    The launch of Rage has been plagued by bugs and this is simply inexcusable. Now, after having applied the latest patches and installed the latest video drivers, the game admittedly runs pretty good. The framerate is smooth despite my aging gaming PC, but texture pop remains a nuisance.

    The game itself then. Well, as this is an Id game with a new highly anticipated graphics engine let's start by judging the graphics. And no, I'm not convinced by the graphics: some areas look pretty good but some of the indoor areas are plain ugly. Very low resolution textures and low-poly objects (aka pixel vomit) simply gave flashbacks to 2005 or even earlier games. I'm pretty sure that the graphical engine is capable of much more on a current PC but the designer chose to stick to consoles as their performance standard. Furthermore, the graphics and the environment are very static. The sky is a simple static texture, almost no dynamic shadows (one of the prominent features in Doom 3) and the environment is not destructible at all - even unloading your rifle onto a china vase does simply nothing...

    The gameplay is OK, or at least some moments in the game provide solid FPS action with rather decent AI. Unfortunately, the flow of the game is continuously being broken by car driving, hanging around in the hub towns and bartering your items for ammo. Also, the racing element doesn't contribute much: the racing is really Mario Kart-style and disrupts the realism of the game itself. The FPS/Racer hybrid simply doesn't work at all. The story is mediocre and failed to get me, as a player, involved. And what about the bland ending ? Or rather the lack of a proper ending... It simply feels that the game was unfinished, both technically ans story-wise. This is really a disappointment from iD - a first to me considering their track record.    … Expand
  78. daveyy12
    Dec 19, 2011
    7
    Excellent graphics and good weapons choices are strong points in this game. Story line is a bit routine, however. The game also has too many racing challenges for my taste, but lots of shooting scenes. Ths game did have a few bugs that were annoying, but didn't ruin my playing. Generally, I would recommend the game, but the cost is too high for what you get. I suggest waiting untilExcellent graphics and good weapons choices are strong points in this game. Story line is a bit routine, however. The game also has too many racing challenges for my taste, but lots of shooting scenes. Ths game did have a few bugs that were annoying, but didn't ruin my playing. Generally, I would recommend the game, but the cost is too high for what you get. I suggest waiting until the price drops before getting Rage.… Expand
  79. DrBrogbo
    Jun 4, 2012
    8
    I'm going to preface this review by saying that I absolutely HATED Doom 3, and thought Quake 4 was insanely boring. I am no id fanboy. I laughed at how virulently people railed against this game when it came out and thought "Yeah you tell 'em, fans! Developers can't get away with this trash any more!" Then I actually played it. I picked it up on sale for $5 or something ridiculous, andI'm going to preface this review by saying that I absolutely HATED Doom 3, and thought Quake 4 was insanely boring. I am no id fanboy. I laughed at how virulently people railed against this game when it came out and thought "Yeah you tell 'em, fans! Developers can't get away with this trash any more!" Then I actually played it. I picked it up on sale for $5 or something ridiculous, and once I fired it up, I was fairly well blown away. This game will invariably be compared to Borderlands, but they're not even close to the same type of game. Borderlands is an open-world, sanbox-shooter. Rage is a much more linear, story-driven shooter. Granted the story is sort of lame, but that's the genre Rage fits in. The graphics are absolutely gorgeous. Sure, zoomed in all the way on certain textures makes it look ugly, but the scenery and level design are absolutely top-notch, and there were quite a few times in the game where I paused to simply admire the view. I like it when that much love goes into designing the environments. The character models are EXTREMELY well-done as well, and their animations are amazing. The characters have pores, individual chest-hairs, skin blemishes, and you can see their irises (they even make minute little movements when they're looking at you, just like a real person does). The game is very well optimized, too. My laptop has a 2.2GHz C2D processor with a 1GB mobile 9800GTS, and it ran absolutely fine for the entire game. I had most of the graphics options (of which there are not very many) turned down, but it still looked awesome (and ran way better than games like Dungeon Siege 3). If the game weren't almost 25GB, I'd be inclined to download it again on my new gaming desktop and try it out with the options maxed. Anyway, a lot of the praise I've heard of this game is aimed at the racing portion of the game, but I thought the driving aspect was rather annoying. Thankfully there are only a few required races in the story, and they are INSANELY easy. Seriously, when I was racing the "best racer in town," I was ahead of him by an entire half-lap at the end of our 3 lap race. Speaking of which, this whole game is rather easy. I played it on Normal, but am now wishing I played it on hard. I had to use the defibrillator thing exactly 1 time outside of the little training thing. I have a feeling the higher difficulties would be annoying though, since the game will throw wave after wave after wave of the little weak grunt guys at you. I'm not sure if the designers thought that would make it challenging, or were merely trying to make you waste ammo. There were a few parts in the game where I shouted at my screen "Alright! ENOUGH with the stupid little guys!" One last thing, the guns look/behave amazingly. The shotgun model is one of the coolest-looking guns I have ever seen in a video game, and thankfully (unlike other id games) when you pull the trigger, the guns go BOOM! No more of that stupid toy sound like Doom 3 had. This is a game you will want to crank up the video and sound. The ending is abrupt and rather anti-climactic, but you know it's coming. It's not like Halo 2, where there was just suddenly not a next level. Speaking of endings, this review's ending will be right after this period.… Expand
  80. Ricc101
    Oct 18, 2011
    6
    Well it's unfair to say this game deserves such low score such as a 0, 1 or 2. But I would give it an 8 if it had high res textures, 7 if it had the bugs fixed but I'm going to have to give a 6 as I'm actually finding the game a tad boring after I played it for 45 minutes. With Fallout 3 and Borderlands I used to dedicate about 2-3 hours to those games. Unfortunately Rage doesn't live upWell it's unfair to say this game deserves such low score such as a 0, 1 or 2. But I would give it an 8 if it had high res textures, 7 if it had the bugs fixed but I'm going to have to give a 6 as I'm actually finding the game a tad boring after I played it for 45 minutes. With Fallout 3 and Borderlands I used to dedicate about 2-3 hours to those games. Unfortunately Rage doesn't live up to those standards.… Expand
  81. Contagent
    Oct 18, 2011
    5
    Very disappointed. The "bugs" everyone mentions i had no problems with after the ATI fix. It was the overall game play from start to finish. At $60 you better believe i was going to tough it out. Graphics were phenomenal, i can't fault them there. Yes, when racing forward it tends to get "blotchy" but it is hardly a game killer. Very small and almost unnoticeable. The problem is the gameVery disappointed. The "bugs" everyone mentions i had no problems with after the ATI fix. It was the overall game play from start to finish. At $60 you better believe i was going to tough it out. Graphics were phenomenal, i can't fault them there. Yes, when racing forward it tends to get "blotchy" but it is hardly a game killer. Very small and almost unnoticeable. The problem is the game play and lack of a good story. There is absolutely nothing new to this game. It is literally Fallout plus Borderlands minus all the fun stuff equals Rage. When the price drops to around $20, only then will i say it was worth it. My pros: Great graphics. Racing, although repetitive, is pretty fun. Some of the items you can craft are really fun to play with. Cons: At $60, i expected something more. Story is dull. Lack of diversified "baddies". How many are there? 5? just with new textures? You can never have enough weapons....so being stuck with the same ones for the entire game sucks. This game only has 20 hours worth of game play. I probably could have beaten it sooner...call it my general curiosity to see if i got something new with side questing. You really don't feel that need to replay it. My only guess is that they purposely left out a lot of stuff to possibly sell add-ons? It needs bigger maps...more incentives...more weapons...a larger variety of "baddies... The user score is a lot closer to what the game should be scored at. At $60 i rate it at 4, at $20 i would rate it at 7. It is just missing too much to be fully worth that 60.… Expand
  82. MojoPatrol
    Oct 27, 2011
    6
    Before I launch into my albeit brief review I should clarify where I stand on post-apocalyptic game scenarios. Namely, love em. Borderlands, Fallout, Metro2033, STALKER, Deadspace, et al. but now onto the juicy bits.

    There isn't much to say that hasn't already been said about this game. When I originally began playing this game (for PC) I was faced with many of the same problems as other    Before I launch into my albeit brief review I should clarify where I stand on post-apocalyptic game scenarios. Namely, love em. Borderlands, Fallout, Metro2033, STALKER, Deadspace, et al. but now onto the juicy bits.

    There isn't much to say that hasn't already been said about this game. When I originally began playing this game (for PC) I was faced with many of the same problems as other gamers, i.e. screen tearing, flat-lining fps drops and the usual host of time wasting frustration of getting the game to play well. But then courtesy of some forum reviews and beta Nvidia drivers (now full drivers courtesy of BF3), and all was well in the gaming world again.

    I anxiously booted up the campaign mode to be greeted with a quite glamorous intro and rather reminiscent opening scene that reminded me of Fallout 3. "Huh...this isn't very new" said my inner lover of post-apocalyptic cataclysms but I quickly silenced it. "Hush!" my concious retorted back, "give it a chance!". So off I went, into the world of...ummm...Rage? With warring bandit faction groups and not without a splash of critters that looked like a mix of zombies and lap dogs all mixed in with a civilized group of rag-tag characters that are simply trying to make a living selling bottle caps...I mean post-apocalyptic bullets...I mean credits...er...never mind.

    Progressing through the game it quickly became apparent that I'd seen many of the game features before. Recharging health (Halo), Driving supped up dune buggies with guns a blazing (Borderlands), Core mission based story line with sub-missions to build up money (Fallout), ability to engineer new bits and bobs courtesy of "schematics" (Fallout), looting corpses (Fallout/Deadspace) mostly linear mapped faction hide-outs with the occasional hidden gem (Deadspace), Post apocalyptic story of a man from the past that seems to have been raised by a mix of John Wayne, Chuck Norris and Rambo... and the list goes on and on of comparisons.

    Before I beat this game like a dead horse I'll get straight to the point. The game is not bad, i.e. if you enjoy this genre of gaming it's a decent way to get your fix of bad ass guns blazing going to ram rocks, dust and shot gun shells up your mutated wazoo sort of game with good looking visuals (if you're playing PC with a decent graphics card). That being said, if you were hoping for "the next big thing" that's not what you'll find. I did appreciate the work that was put into the characters, their fluid motions and correctness when speaking made them seem more real in a quirky cartoon sort of way. I also appreciated the ability to have all my weapons at once while also being able to create some interesting (and deadly) little schematic based toys to do some damage with.

    I even appreciated some of the (rather limited) gun fights in (rather cramped) open world? travel spaces. But ultimately its all been done before (sorry ID) and other games have done it better. I'll admit you could probably beat this game with just the shotgun and enough bullets (on hard mode).

    Looking back on this game I'll agree with most of the other negative posts, it's a lot of money to pay for a neopolitan game when we were hoping for chocolate explosion with a twist of Redbull. I feel a bit silly for paying such a high price for it, but I was lured in by pretty trailers (damn my impulsiveness and ADD!)

    If I had to say anything about this game, it'll probably be something like Brink. Wait a couple of months and pick it up for $19.99 on sale on Steam.    … Expand
  83. crobotic
    Dec 4, 2011
    5
    Pretty disappointed with this game. The quests make you feel like there is no incentive to complete them, regardless of the fact that it is the only way to progress through the game. The story is almost non existent. It feels like they slapped together a story for sure, The combat feels like a basic shooter with little depth...

    I was really expecting a lot more from this game. The only    Pretty disappointed with this game. The quests make you feel like there is no incentive to complete them, regardless of the fact that it is the only way to progress through the game. The story is almost non existent. It feels like they slapped together a story for sure, The combat feels like a basic shooter with little depth...

    I was really expecting a lot more from this game. The only reason it gets a 5 is because it runs/looks really nice on my gtx560m. What a let down    … Expand
  84. Sorrowmoon
    Dec 30, 2011
    7
    As a shooter I like this game the controls are good and the fights can be intense at times. The graphics are pretty good but won't leave you amazed. I don't care much for the mandatory driving for progression. The lack of ammo made this game feel more like a boxing game as I had to slug it out in some occasions. I'm just glad I bought it on sale because I never would have paid fullAs a shooter I like this game the controls are good and the fights can be intense at times. The graphics are pretty good but won't leave you amazed. I don't care much for the mandatory driving for progression. The lack of ammo made this game feel more like a boxing game as I had to slug it out in some occasions. I'm just glad I bought it on sale because I never would have paid full price for this.… Expand
  85. doctuar
    Jan 18, 2012
    5
    I'm disappointed like a father would be. I had originally pre-ordered Rage, but changed my mind and decided to wait for the press reviews first out of caution. The initial feedback wasn't as glowing as I hoped but still I was intrigued, so decided to give Rage a go on the PS3. At first I thought I'd missed something. The horrendous texture pop-in prompted me to restart my console in caseI'm disappointed like a father would be. I had originally pre-ordered Rage, but changed my mind and decided to wait for the press reviews first out of caution. The initial feedback wasn't as glowing as I hoped but still I was intrigued, so decided to give Rage a go on the PS3. At first I thought I'd missed something. The horrendous texture pop-in prompted me to restart my console in case something had gone awry. It did not disappear. When I started working through the first few missions, I kept finding myself amazed at how thoughtless many of the game's design features were. Invisible walls preventing you from exploring, being unable to pick up your enemy's dropped weapons, the rather tired 'bullet-sponge' opponents, etc. It's not that Rage is a terrible game, far from it, but it just feels so underwhelming and mired in the past that I found myself wondering if the press had been playing a different game to me. The whole thing feels unpolished and full of ideas that never really go anywhere. If this was a budget title or even a retro game, I might just think "Oh well, that's how things used to be" and get on with it. But I bought this game in 2011 for full price; there's no excuses for shoddy products like this. Unambitious, unoriginal, uninspiring… Expand
  86. sickologist
    Feb 9, 2012
    7
    This game held so much promise for me, as it had great graphics, lots of missions, bloody combat, and interesting vhehicles. Sure, it's fun, but let's be honest here. It's a game that is in direct competition with other post- apocalyptic RPG's like Fallout- New Vegas, and it simply fails to stack up. You can use all sorts of different weapons (ie- shotgun, rocket launcher, sniper rifle,This game held so much promise for me, as it had great graphics, lots of missions, bloody combat, and interesting vhehicles. Sure, it's fun, but let's be honest here. It's a game that is in direct competition with other post- apocalyptic RPG's like Fallout- New Vegas, and it simply fails to stack up. You can use all sorts of different weapons (ie- shotgun, rocket launcher, sniper rifle, minigun, etc), you can beat it without having to modify and upgrade them, which means that the side quests (the meat and potatoes of any RPG) become completly worthless. It's good for a play through, but only when it comes down to a reasonable price.… Expand
  87. Certate0
    Apr 30, 2012
    7
    A lot of complaints here seem to be about graphical problems. My PC is a riduculous beast so I have never had so much as a pixel out of place. When Doom 3 came out, no one could run it, same with crysis. I think it's unfair to nock off points for this. I wanted so much to like this game, I couldn't wait to get my hands on it and once it was mine I was suitably impressed with the detailedA lot of complaints here seem to be about graphical problems. My PC is a riduculous beast so I have never had so much as a pixel out of place. When Doom 3 came out, no one could run it, same with crysis. I think it's unfair to nock off points for this. I wanted so much to like this game, I couldn't wait to get my hands on it and once it was mine I was suitably impressed with the detailed landscape. I thought the people and the weapons looked average. The racing aspect was irritating to me, it was a little too sloppy to have any real point. The ideas behind the game are good, and I applaud ID for doing something different, it's just that, somethings missing. Cant quite put my finger on it. There are plenty of annoying console things, but that doesn't worry me. As I play, I keep thinking, thats cool or I like that or wow that looks great, but I don't seem to be having any fun. My friends are over 30 gaming veterans and they loved it, so please make up your own mind. Not worth the bad reviews here, but worth a look… Expand
  88. Migz
    Jul 23, 2012
    7
    Once I got over the strange graphics in the very first room, I was able to get into the environment and artistry id created in Rage. If you like post-apocalyptic mayhem w/ great artwork, I definitely recommend picking this up for $20 or less.

    Composite score of 7.375/10. **Entertainment value: 7/10** "Surprisingly, I'm having fun playing it."-what I told my brother after 10    Once I got over the strange graphics in the very first room, I was able to get into the environment and artistry id created in Rage. If you like post-apocalyptic mayhem w/ great artwork, I definitely recommend picking this up for $20 or less.

    Composite score of 7.375/10.

    **Entertainment value: 7/10**

    "Surprisingly, I'm having fun playing it."-what I told my brother after 10 hours into the single-player campaign.

    The artwork and exterior environments were the primary draw for me once I was actually playing this game. Nearly every surface and texture is unique, and all of the models are so detailed. It was really nice to see.

    The story is nothing ground-breaking: civilization is destroyed, and we play a person from the past thrust into a post-apocalyptic nightmare. It's still decently pulled together though, and I didn't feel any more forced to complete this storyline than I did playing through Fallout 3's main line.

    Although the vehicle combat and side games got old, the personal combat was pretty decent. I'll elaborate more in Design and Gameplay below.

    **Graphics: 7/10**

    Rage seemed more designed for the current generation of gaming consoles and smart phones than it did for PCs. Although PCs can run Rage, the game does not take advantage of SLI/Crossfire. It does, however, support anti-aliasing (AA) and anisotropic filtering (AF).

    By default, Rage's graphics look mediocre. (Not as bad as at launch, but still not excellent). However, after some tweaking (see Nvidia's tweak guide @ www.geforce.com), I got the game to look amazing in outside environments. The artistry really shows through now. Character textures also really look great. Interior images are a different story though, because most interior building textures look washed out and grainy.

    Due to the way Rage's graphics engine works, expect texture pop-ins (surfaces go from super blurry to detailed) along the edge of your screen as you turn your camera. EVERY time you turn your camera. I'd be lying if I said I got used to it.

    Also, because of the tweaks I used to make the game look great (I still got well over 60 fps with a single Geforce 570), my zone loads were very long. Expect to wait a minute after every zone load for textures to finish loading... it's unplayably laggy if you don't wait.

    These problems occur, because every structure/surface in the game was uniquely created and painted. Unlike most games, Rage doesn't use a few hundred textures over and over in tiles; each surface was individually done. Those textures account for nearly 20GB of data.

    So, loads are slow

    **Sound: 8/10**

    I didn't score a 10 here, because there was nothing ground-breaking. However, I noticed no negative sound artifacts or errors. The sounds all felt organic to the environment.

    **Design and Gameplay: 7/10**

    Rage is a semi-open-world post-apocalyptic shooter full of stereotypical mutants and bandits. Pretty standard fare. But, who doesn't like eating their favorite food for the 100th time? Same thing here. id made Rage's enemies fairly aggressive, so you end up with a lot of mobs charging into melee range with you after jumping off random debris. So, surviving was a little more challenging than in the current cover-based shooters.

    Rage has a few mini-games which have nothing to do with the story. I really don't like those. But, if you want to play a pokemon style card game while playing a post-apocalyptic shooter, Rage has one ready for you. It also has a lot of car racing which is actually pretty fun until you have to do the relay races. There's too much roll-of-the-dice involved for my liking in the relay races.

    The quest giving and tracking system was clumsy. I'm pretty sure I missed some side quests, because I never knew the quest givers wanted help. Exclamation points above people's heads is totally artificial, but having the option to turn them on would have been nice.

    Every time you leave a settlement or city and enter the wasteland, you're either driving as fast as you can to get away from someone chasing you, or you're fighting them. That environment makes it really difficult to explore the wasteland, and it's really easy to miss things. For instance, there are supposedly a lot of sewer entrances for players to enter, but I only found one, and it was pretty obvious.

    Although I did not participate in the multiplayer side of Rage, I know there's no regular PvP element... only car races/combat.

    **Game Length 9/10**

    I believe a $60 game incorporating a multiplayer side should provide at least 20 hours of single-player content. The single-player campaign took me 19.5 hours to complete on Hard, but I only played races and skipped the other mini-games. Since this game technically has a multiplayer component, I should really give this a 10, but since that component is so weak, a 9 is the best I can do.    … Expand
  89. Diabla
    Aug 6, 2012
    5
    RAGE had a lot going for it really. The game-play was solid (as FPS and the driving aspect), the graphics top-notch (nVidia 560Ti), the UI was simple and easy to navigate (better than I expected) and the story started out good. However, I'm giving this game a 5 because of the ending....WTF just happened? I'm done? Wait....what? The game just freakin' ends....no real boss fight and justRAGE had a lot going for it really. The game-play was solid (as FPS and the driving aspect), the graphics top-notch (nVidia 560Ti), the UI was simple and easy to navigate (better than I expected) and the story started out good. However, I'm giving this game a 5 because of the ending....WTF just happened? I'm done? Wait....what? The game just freakin' ends....no real boss fight and just when you start to believe that the story and game is getting better. So sad, this game had such potential to be better. I'm glad I waited to buy this game and got it for $14.99. If I would have paid $60 for this I'd be very upset and I can understand the rage by some ppl. I'd recommend this game but only for $10 or less so you won't feel so dirty, lol.… Expand
  90. MethosTR
    Aug 19, 2014
    8
    The technical showcase of the IdTech 5 engine, and a solid FPS game in its own right.

    The premise of the game is pretty well set up. You survived an apocalyptic asteroid impact and emerge from your cocoon into a world radically changed by this event. Now I'm a sucker for post-apocalyptic fiction, so this review may come across as slightly biased. The storyline in and of itself is    The technical showcase of the IdTech 5 engine, and a solid FPS game in its own right.

    The premise of the game is pretty well set up. You survived an apocalyptic asteroid impact and emerge from your cocoon into a world radically changed by this event.

    Now I'm a sucker for post-apocalyptic fiction, so this review may come across as slightly biased.

    The storyline in and of itself is fairly good, well written, with some memorable characters. But it's not by any means genre-defining.

    The graphics are the main draw of RAGE. Featuring IDTech 5, it introduces a new rendering concept called "Megatexturing", in which instead of a multitude of textures comprising a game world, the world of RAGE is rendered with one massive texture over everything in the environment. An ambitious method, for sure.

    However, this technique is still very new, so there are a lot of quirks in the game such as texture pop-in and a green tint in dark environments. Not to mention that in order for the game to be able to run decently on most consumer hardware, the textures had to be greatly compressed from their original state, and the effects do show sometimes.

    One effect from this compression might be the aforementioned green tint, but also the textures in general may look fairly muddy and blurry, especially on consoles and lower-end hardware on PC.

    As Megatextures use a new transcoding method to render objects, SLI and Crossfire are not supported. The game will not even recognize anything beyond one GPU. I'm fairly optimistic that ID Software will address this with future titles though (I can't comment on Wolfenstein: New Order, as I have yet to play it myself on my SLI computer).

    But I digress...

    The gameplay itself is very solid and quite fun. ID Software is a master of the FPS genre, so as expected, the gunplay is extremely well presented and gives a visceral experience as enemies realistically react to localized damage.

    The multiplayer, however, feels a tacked on. But I had a lot of fun with co-op.

    I bought the game while it was on sale on Newegg back in late 2011, and I enjoyed the experience quite a bit.    … Expand
  91. DigitalVeil
    Nov 3, 2011
    3
    A boring, repetitive, mindless corridor shooter from id. Run or drive from point A to B, shooting waves of enemies as you go and nothing else. That's it. Awful, almost non-existent story and a joke of an ending. The game is also riddled with bugs and glitches, and they're just starting to be fixed, almost a month after launch. The only saving grace is the graphics (texture pop in aside),A boring, repetitive, mindless corridor shooter from id. Run or drive from point A to B, shooting waves of enemies as you go and nothing else. That's it. Awful, almost non-existent story and a joke of an ending. The game is also riddled with bugs and glitches, and they're just starting to be fixed, almost a month after launch. The only saving grace is the graphics (texture pop in aside), and the behaviour and animation of the AI. Wait till a major steam sale before buying this game, but only if it's under $5. Will never purchase or play anything released by id ever again.… Expand
  92. lilkillpappy
    Oct 28, 2011
    6
    Disappointed by its lack of real depth, but still entertained by its mechanics. Good combat, driving, animation, audio. A good all over polish, but lacking any sense of a real open world. Lacking a compelling story, which is usually my main concern in a good game. Some of the graphics look fantastic, but a lot of the close up texturing just looks like crap. Compared to games like MetroDisappointed by its lack of real depth, but still entertained by its mechanics. Good combat, driving, animation, audio. A good all over polish, but lacking any sense of a real open world. Lacking a compelling story, which is usually my main concern in a good game. Some of the graphics look fantastic, but a lot of the close up texturing just looks like crap. Compared to games like Metro 2033, The Witcher 2, or the original Crysis, this game just doesn't live up to its hype. I would definitely recommend renting it and blasting through it for a couple days, but do not, I repeat do not spend 60 dollars on it. Maybe 30 dollars, but not worth 60 at all, not even close. Save your money for Batman Arkham City, or Elder Scrolls Skyrim, or the up and coming Assasin's Creed.… Expand
  93. Flash_Over
    Nov 9, 2011
    2
    Looks like a corridor shooter rip-off version of Borderlands. I guess some pioneer genius at "id" thought of making their own version of Borderlands. But, unlike Borderlands... this game is terrible.
  94. TheHeadshrinker
    Nov 21, 2011
    7
    I didn't buy this on release because i heard about the graphical problems which were occuring. I waited a few months and am glad i did. The game looks great on my GTX 570 (minus of few dodgy textures)and does not suffer from any screen tearing. I would sum up the game itself by saying its 'good fun', but not a classic by ID's standards. I do like the the constant change of being on footI didn't buy this on release because i heard about the graphical problems which were occuring. I waited a few months and am glad i did. The game looks great on my GTX 570 (minus of few dodgy textures)and does not suffer from any screen tearing. I would sum up the game itself by saying its 'good fun', but not a classic by ID's standards. I do like the the constant change of being on foot and driving, it keeps the game fresh. I feel like this game is abit of a missed opportunity for ID because the potential was there to really make something great. Rage is definately worth picking up now that it is reduced in price and has had most of its glitches ironed out.… Expand
  95. BigCheesey
    Jun 2, 2012
    4
    This is a mediocre game that could've been great. The large scale, panoramic graphics are gorgeous, but small items are often pixellated and barely recognizable. The mix of FPS, item crafting and upgrading, racing, and vehicle combat is compelling, but it's overshadowed by a lack of content. The plot could easily have been developed into a solid new post-apocalyptic franchise, but there'sThis is a mediocre game that could've been great. The large scale, panoramic graphics are gorgeous, but small items are often pixellated and barely recognizable. The mix of FPS, item crafting and upgrading, racing, and vehicle combat is compelling, but it's overshadowed by a lack of content. The plot could easily have been developed into a solid new post-apocalyptic franchise, but there's no development of the characters beyond a few intro quests. Even the main story line feels clipped, like they stopped at chapter 15 of book with 30 or more chapters. I really loved this game until it became clear that nothing about it would be fully developed, and the restriction of multi-player content to a small number of co-op levels and vehicle races prevents it from having any replay value. It feels almost like I was duped into paying for a tech demo. And the lack of response from the developer and publisher is maddening. The promised level editor never showed up. The 64-bit exe and high res texture pack for PC never showed. And even though they promised DLC 'soon' after release, they're still refusing to confirm if it even exists nearly eight months later.… Expand
  96. WildWolfay
    Oct 7, 2011
    2
    After 15 hours of gameplay, most of it spent paroosing the desert for little crannies or possibly more sewer grates, I finished Rage on Hard on my first playthrough, and I won't be doing it again. Although the game mechanics and AI was fun to play against, that's all there was to this game. The story made little connectivity, the ending was a joke, the megatexture issues, and 100's ofAfter 15 hours of gameplay, most of it spent paroosing the desert for little crannies or possibly more sewer grates, I finished Rage on Hard on my first playthrough, and I won't be doing it again. Although the game mechanics and AI was fun to play against, that's all there was to this game. The story made little connectivity, the ending was a joke, the megatexture issues, and 100's of doors that can't be opened. This is 2011, and after how many years? 5? in the making, this game contains an absolutely non-interactive environment. You can search the ground and pick up hundreds of little items just for them to become "Small Objects" that you don't need to sell if you don't want to, since you have unlimited cash by mid game anyways. Seems as though more man power was focused into the racing portion of the game, especially since the mechanics were so well tuned. Although it was distracting to try and race with textures resmoothing constantly, the vehicles worked really well. This game is for you if the last good racing game you played was "Death Race Rally," but other than that, this is not worth $60. This is not worht $50. This is not worth $40. $30 dollar cap, and it's too bad Bethesda has their name on this product, even as a producer, its embarrasing. People wanna holler about how far id Softworks has come, but they should've hung their hats with Quake.

    I will say though that this game has AMAZING POTENTIAL!!! It seems like the game can be something in the future, with a HUGE DLC, possibly unlock 1 of the 300 unaccessible doors in the game? Or maybe push out some of the invisible walls? The game feels like I'm on a roller coaster track with the invisible walls.    … Expand
  97. LordOFlibertY
    Oct 11, 2011
    1
    Dear lord in heaven and earth, bethesda softworks has utterly rushed the port to PC and more the half the time you'll be facing with constant texture pop-ins, frame drops and crashes. My friend let me borrow this game because he wanted me to feel the torture of playing this game.
    In all honestly I rented this game for my xbox and trust me, BUT THIS GAME FOR THE CONSOLE NEVER FOR THE PC.
  98. incugus
    Oct 8, 2011
    1
    As an OPEN WORLD game it fails, because its not OPEN. dont let the critics fool you. There are no dialogs, texture glitches everywhere, bad graphical config (no options), and a **** of graphical bugs. (screen tearing , no vsync enabling, etc)

    This game is bad, its a bad port and a bad game. Nice graphics (bad texture bugs) , nice music , nice ambient, but hideous gameplay.
  99. Stormcrow666
    Oct 10, 2011
    5
    Well I have patched the game and installed the new ati rage drivers. The game runs great at 60 fps but what is really driving me nuts are the low resolution textures. I have a fairly powerful system but even if I had a lower end system this game would(with patches etc) run fine because of the texture situation. There have been .cfg posts on forums about enabling high resolution texturesWell I have patched the game and installed the new ati rage drivers. The game runs great at 60 fps but what is really driving me nuts are the low resolution textures. I have a fairly powerful system but even if I had a lower end system this game would(with patches etc) run fine because of the texture situation. There have been .cfg posts on forums about enabling high resolution textures but this is false. The .cfg fix doesnt add higher fidelity to the "megatextures" at all. So far the gameplay is ok...nothing great really. What I did like alot was the sound and the music. Well done there. The scenic vistas are good as well but the constant low res textures are Daikatanaish and annoying. This feels too much like a bad port and even with the patch to include new graphics options isnt really worth getting to be honest. Very disappointing considering how much I was looking forward to a GoTY candidate. For the love of god i hope Skyrim doesnt fail like this current Id/Besesda realease… Expand
  100. zer0_c0ol
    Oct 10, 2011
    0
    hmm i truly don t know where to start, from a buggy beginning to the missing entire world textures to npc that have no life in them i just cant explain how much this game is bad i just don t know i apologize


    all i can say is HOW THE MIGHTY HAVE FALLEN the pc pioneers are now a bunch of old glory self loving money grabbing console sucking ****
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 32 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 32
  3. Negative: 1 out of 32
  1. PC Games (Russia)
    Nov 23, 2011
    80
    A pretty, fast and aggressive shooter, striving in vain to be something more. [December 2011, p.62]
  2. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Nov 15, 2011
    80
    Far from perfect Rage somehow is has fun post-apocalyptic action where the principles are set –fortunately – bit different than in other games of FPS genre. [Nov 2011]
  3. CD-Action
    Nov 9, 2011
    75
    It seems id Software is still living in its golden days and failed to notice that times have changed since Doom and Quake. Rage is just a decent, linear, old school shooter combined awkwardly with an arcade racing game. The world is only 'kinda openish' and the story must have been written by the coders while they were compiling the alpha version. The game looks great though – if you're lucky enough to have the it run smoothly and without technical issues that haunt the PC version. [November 2011, p.46]
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